doras
French edit
Verb edit
doras
- second-person singular past historic of dorer
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish dorus,[1] from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Akin to Welsh drws.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌɾˠəsˠ/[2]
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəsˠ/[3]
- (Aran, also) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɞɾˠəsˠ/[4]
Noun edit
doras m (genitive singular dorais, nominative plural doirse)
Declension edit
Declension of doras
Meronyms edit
Derived terms edit
- doirseoir m (“doorman, janitor, porter”)
- doras dóiteáin m (“fire door”)
- doras imrothlach m (“revolving door”)
- fardoras (“lintel”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
doras | dhoras | ndoras |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 82, page 44
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 67
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɔ.ɾəs̪/
- (Lewis, North Skye, Sutherland, Easter Ross) IPA(key): /ˈt̪a.ɾəs̪/ (as if spelled daras)
- (Barra, Cape Breton) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɔ.ɾəs̪t̪/ (as if spelled dorast)
- (East Perthshire) IPA(key): /t̪ɔɾs̪/
Noun edit
doras m (genitive singular dorais, plural dorsan)
- door, doorway
- Dùin an dorus. ― Close the door.
- wicket gate
- opening
- (medicine) orifice (as of a wound)
- neasgaid làn dhorsan ― a boil full of orifices
Derived terms edit
- deoch an dorais (“farewell/parting drink”)
- doras a-muigh, doras mòr (“front door”)
- doras lèabagach, doras-lùdhainn (“folding door”)
- duille-dorais (“leaf of a door”)
- duilleag-dhoras (“valve”)
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “doras”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish edit
Verb edit
doras