See also: doire, doíre, and dóire

Irish edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*dóru

From doire (grove).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Doire m (genitive Doire)

  1. Derry (a city in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland)
  2. Londonderry (a county of Northern Ireland)
    Synonym: Contae Dhoire

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Doire Dhoire nDoire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43