dorus

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English

Noun

dorus

  1. plural of doru

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

dorus m (genitive singular doruis, nominative plural doirse)

  1. Obsolete spelling of doras.

Mutation

Mutated forms of dorus
radical lenition eclipsis
dorus dhorus ndorus

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

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dorus m (genitive doruis, nominative plural doruis)

  1. door
    • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, line 11:
      Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori.
      seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons.

Inflection

  • Genitive singular/nominative plural: doruis

Descendants

  • Irish: doras
  • Manx: dorrys
  • Scottish Gaelic: dorus, doras

Mutation

Mutation of dorus
radical lenition nasalization
dorus dorus
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ndorus

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Cognates include Sanskrit द्वार् (dvār), Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Latin foris, forum, Old Church Slavonic двьри (dvĭri) and Old English duru and dor (English door).

Pronunciation

Noun

dorus n (genitive doirseo, nominative plural dorus or doirsea)

  1. door

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative dorusN dorusL dorusL, doirsea
vocative dorusN dorusL dorus, doirsea
accusative dorusN dorusL dorus, doirsea
genitive doirseoH, doirseaH doirseoN, doirseaN doirseaN
dative dorusL doirsib doirsib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of dorus
radical lenition nasalization
dorus dorus
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndorus

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

dorus m (genitive singular doruis, plural dorsan)

  1. Alternative spelling of doras

Mutation

Mutation of dorus
radical lenition
dorus dhorus

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dorus”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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