dord

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See also: dörd

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Irish dord (“buzz, drone; dord”).

Noun

dord (plural dords)

  1. (music) A type of ancient Irish war-horn.
    • 1869, “Folk-lore: Myths and Tales of Various Peoples”, in The London Quarterly & Holborn Review, volume 31, pages 62–63:
      […] there, after digging to a good depth, they find the Dord or great war-horn of Fionn, a blast on which brings “a flock of furious gigantic birds,” and a thigh of one of them is found to be as big as a sheep’s.
    • 1994, Dirk Schellberg, Didgeridoo: Ritual Origins and Playing Techniques, →ISBN, page 46:
      […] the first album on which the dord and the didgeridoo could be heard together was entitled: ‘Two stories in One: (Natural Symphonies)’.
    • 2002, Philip Carr-Gomm, Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century, →ISBN, page 64:
      The dord, a form of horn with a sound like the Australian Aborigine’s didgeridoo, was clearly a sacred instrument of the Bronze Age […]

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dord (“buzzing, humming, droning, intoning”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dord m (genitive singular as substantive doird, genitive as verbal noun dordta, nominative plural doird)

  1. verbal noun of dord
  2. buzz, drone
  3. (music) bass

Declension

As verbal noun
Declension of dord (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative dord
vocative a dhord
genitive dordta
dative dord
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an dord
genitive an dordta
dative leis an dord
don dord
As substantive
Declension of dord (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dord doird
vocative a dhoird a dhorda
genitive doird dord
dative dord doird
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dord na doird
genitive an doird na ndord
dative leis an dord
don dord 		leis na doird

Derived terms

Verb

dord (present analytic dordann, future analytic dordfaidh, verbal noun dord, past participle dordta)

  1. (intransitive) hum, buzz, drone
  2. (intransitive) chant in a deep voice

Conjugation

conjugation of dord (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present dordaim dordann tú;
dordair† 		dordann sé, sí dordaimid dordann sibh dordann siad;
dordaid† 		a dhordann; a dhordas /
a ndordann* 		dordtar
past dhord mé; dhordas dhord tú; dhordais dhord sé, sí dhordamar; dhord muid dhord sibh; dhordabhair dhord siad; dhordadar a dhord /
ar dhord* 		dordadh
past habitual dhordainn / ndordainn‡‡ dhordtá / ndordtᇇ dhordadh sé, sí / ndordadh sé, s퇇 dhordaimis; dhordadh muid / ndordaimis‡‡; ndordadh muid‡‡ dhordadh sibh / ndordadh sibh‡‡ dhordaidís; dhordadh siad / ndordaidís‡‡; ndordadh siad‡‡ a dhordadh /
a ndordadh* 		dhordtaí / ndordta퇇
future dordfaidh mé;
dordfad 		dordfaidh tú;
dordfair† 		dordfaidh sé, sí dordfaimid;
dordfaidh muid 		dordfaidh sibh dordfaidh siad;
dordfaid† 		a dhordfaidh; a dhordfas /
a ndordfaidh* 		dordfar
conditional dhordfainn / ndordfainn‡‡ dhordfá / ndordfᇇ dhordfadh sé, sí / ndordfadh sé, s퇇 dhordfaimis; dhordfadh muid / ndordfaimis‡‡; ndordfadh muid‡‡ dhordfadh sibh / ndordfadh sibh‡‡ dhordfaidís; dhordfadh siad / ndordfaidís‡‡; ndordfadh siad‡‡ a dhordfadh /
a ndordfadh* 		dhordfaí / ndordfa퇇
subjunctive present go ndorda mé;
go ndordad† 		go ndorda tú;
go ndordair† 		go ndorda sé, sí go ndordaimid;
go ndorda muid 		go ndorda sibh go ndorda siad;
go ndordaid† 		— go ndordtar
past dá ndordainn dá ndordtá dá ndordadh sé, sí dá ndordaimis;
dá ndordadh muid 		dá ndordadh sibh dá ndordaidís;
dá ndordadh siad 		— dá ndordtaí
imperative dordaim dord dordadh sé, sí dordaimis dordaigí;
dordaidh† 		dordaidís — dordtar
verbal noun dordadh
past participle dordta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of dord
radical lenition eclipsis
dord dhord ndord

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dor-d-, from imitative Proto-Indo-European root *dʰer-, *dʰrēn- (“drone; to murmur”), see also English drone, dor and Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “dirge, lament”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dord m (genitive duird)

  1. buzz, hum, drone

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative dord — —
vocative duird — —
accusative dordN — —
genitive duirdL — —
dative dordL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: dord

Mutation

Mutation of dord
radical lenition nasalization
dord dord
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndord

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dord”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dwrdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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