daor

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish doír, dóer (“servile, unfree, serf”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠeːɾˠ/, [d̪ˠëːə̯ɾˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠiːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠiːɾˠ/, (older) /d̪ˠɯːɾˠ/

Adjective

daor (genitive singular masculine daoir, genitive singular feminine daoire, plural daora, comparative daoire)

1. unfree; base, servile
2. convicted, condemned
3. hard, severe; costly (in effort, in suffering)
4. dear, high-priced, expensive

   Synonyms: costasach, costasúil

Declension

Declension of daor

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	daor	dhaor	daora; dhaora²
Vocative	dhaoir		daora
Genitive		daoire	daora	daor
Dative	daor; dhaor¹	dhaor; dhaoir (archaic)	daora; dhaora²
Comparative	níos daoire
Superlative	is daoire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms

• saor

Noun

daor m (genitive singular daoir, nominative plural daoir)

1. unfree person; slave; helot
2. condemned, convicted, person

Declension

Declension of daor

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative daor daoir Vocative a dhaoir a dhaora Genitive daoir daor Dative daor daoir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an daor na daoir Genitive an daoir na ndaor Dative leis an daor don daor leis na daoir

Derived terms

• daoirse (“servitude; slavery”)

Verb

daor (present analytic daorann, future analytic daorfaidh, verbal noun daoradh, past participle daortha) (transitive)

1. enslave
2. convict, condemn

Conjugation

conjugation of daor (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	daoraim	daorann tú; daorair†	daorann sé, sí	daoraimid	daorann sibh	daorann siad; daoraid†	a dhaorann; a dhaoras / a ndaorann*; a ndaoras*	daortar
	past	dhaor mé; dhaoras	dhaor tú; dhaorais	dhaor sé, sí	dhaoramar; dhaor muid	dhaor sibh; dhaorabhair	dhaor siad; dhaoradar	a dhaor / ar dhaor*	daoradh
	past habitual	dhaorainn / ndaorainn‡‡	dhaortá / ndaortᇇ	dhaoradh sé, sí / ndaoradh sé, s퇇	dhaoraimis; dhaoradh muid / ndaoraimis‡‡; ndaoradh muid‡‡	dhaoradh sibh / ndaoradh sibh‡‡	dhaoraidís; dhaoradh siad / ndaoraidís‡‡; ndaoradh siad‡‡	a dhaoradh / a ndaoradh*	dhaortaí / ndaorta퇇
future		daorfaidh mé; daorfad	daorfaidh tú; daorfair†	daorfaidh sé, sí	daorfaimid; daorfaidh muid	daorfaidh sibh	daorfaidh siad; daorfaid†	a dhaorfaidh; a dhaorfas / a ndaorfaidh*; a ndaorfas*	daorfar
conditional		dhaorfainn / ndaorfainn‡‡	dhaorfá / ndaorfᇇ	dhaorfadh sé, sí / ndaorfadh sé, s퇇	dhaorfaimis; dhaorfadh muid / ndaorfaimis‡‡; ndaorfadh muid‡‡	dhaorfadh sibh / ndaorfadh sibh‡‡	dhaorfaidís; dhaorfadh siad / ndaorfaidís‡‡; ndaorfadh siad‡‡	a dhaorfadh / a ndaorfadh*	dhaorfaí / ndaorfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndaora mé; go ndaorad†	go ndaora tú; go ndaorair†	go ndaora sé, sí	go ndaoraimid; go ndaora muid	go ndaora sibh	go ndaora siad; go ndaoraid†	—	go ndaortar
	past	dá ndaorainn	dá ndaortá	dá ndaoradh sé, sí	dá ndaoraimis; dá ndaoradh muid	dá ndaoradh sibh	dá ndaoraidís; dá ndaoradh siad	—	dá ndaortaí
imperative		daoraim	daor	daoradh sé, sí	daoraimis	daoraigí; daoraidh†	daoraidís	—	daortar
verbal noun		daoradh
past participle		daortha

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daor	dhaor	ndaor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish doír, dóer (“servile, unfree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɯːɾ/

Adjective

daor

1. expensive
2. dear (expensive)

Antonyms

• saor

Noun

daor m

1. slave
2. earth, land

Verb

daor

1. raise the price, make dearer
2. sentence, doom, condemn
3. enslave

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
daor	dhaor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “daor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language