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doer

See also: dóer and dör

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English doer, doar, doere, from Old English dōere (“a doer; worker”), equivalent to do +‎ -er.

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Noun edit

doer (plural doers)

  1. Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:doer
    Coordinate term: be-er
    • 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:
      The doer and the thinker
      No allowance for the other.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 295:
      Though his name was closely linked to that of Physiocrats, he was less an armchair intellectual like Quesnay or the elder Mirabeau than a doer in the vein of Bertin and Trudaine [...].
    • 2008 March 25, Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz, The Guardian:
      In schools, submission, not curiosity, was a highly valued virtue. Thinkers were out, doers were in.

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Adverb edit

doer

  1. way over there; far away
    Hulle gesels daar doer. ― They're talking way over there.
    Doer, anderkant die berge! ― Far away, on the other side of the mountains!

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese doer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dolēre, present active infinitive of doleō, from Proto-Italic *doleō (“hurt, cause pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti (“divide”), from *delh₁- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese doer and Spanish doler.

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Verb edit

doer (first-person singular present doio, first-person singular preterite doín, past participle doído)
doer (first-person singular present doo, first-person singular preterite doim or doí, past participle doído, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (intransitive) to ache, hurt; to cause pain
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to take pity

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of doer (irregular)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal doer
Personal doer doeres doer doermos doerdes doeren
Gerund
doendo
Past participle
Masculine doído doídos
Feminine doída doídas
Indicative
Present doio does doe doemos doedes doen
Imperfect doía doías doía doïamos doïades doían
Preterite doín doíches doeu doemos doestes doeron
Pluperfect doera doeras doera doeramos doerades doeran
Future doerei doerás doerá doeremos doeredes doerán
Conditional doería doerías doería doeriamos doeriades doerían
Subjunctive
Present doia doias doia doiamos doiades doian
Imperfect doese doeses doese doésemos doésedes doesen
Future doer doeres doer doermos doerdes doeren
Imperative
Affirmative doe doia doiamos doede doian
Negative (non) non doias non doia non doiamos non doiades non doian
    Reintegrated conjugation of doer (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal doer
Personal doer doeres doer doermos doerdes doerem
Gerund
doendo
Past participle
Masculine doído doídos
Feminine doída doídas
Indicative
Present doo, doio1 dóis dói doemos doedes, doeis doem
Imperfect doía doías doía doíamos doíades, doíeis, doíais1 doíam
Preterite doim, doí doeste, doeche1 doeu doemos doestes doêrom, doeram
Pluperfect doera doeras doera doêramos doêrades, doêreis, doêrais1 doeram
Future doerei doerás doerá doeremos doeredes, doereis doerám, doerão
Conditional doeria doerias doeria doeríamos doeríades, doeríeis, doeríais1 doeriam
Subjunctive
Present doa, doia1 doas, doias1 doa, doia1 doamos, doiamos1 doades, doais, doiades1 doam, doiam1
Imperfect doesse doesses doesse doêssemos doêssedes, doêsseis doessem
Future doer doeres doer doermos doerdes doerem
Imperative
Affirmative dói doa, doia1 doamos, doiamos1 doede, doei doam, doiam1
Negative (nom) nom doas, nom doias1 nom doa, nom doia1 nom doamos, nom doiamos1 nom doades, nom doais, nom doiades1 nom doam, nom doiam1

1Less recommended.

References edit

  • “doer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “doer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “doer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “doer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “doer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Middle English edit

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Etymology edit

From don +‎ -er.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

doer (plural doers)

  1. doer, agent (someone who does, performs, or executes)
  2. offender (criminal who commits a specified crime)
  3. (rare) cause, reason

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Descendants edit

  • English: doer

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

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Noun edit

doer m or n

  1. indefinite plural of do

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese doer, from Latin dolēre, from Proto-Italic *doleō (“hurt, cause pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti (“divide”), from *delh₁- (“cut”). Cognate with Galician doer and Spanish doler.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(h)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /doˈe(ɾ)/, /duˈe(ɾ)/ [dʊˈe(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(χ)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈe(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: do‧er

Verb edit

doer (third-person only, third-person singular present dói, third-person singular preterite doeu, past participle doído)

  1. (intransitive) to hurt (be painful)
    Minha perna doía tanto que eu não conseguia andar. ― My leg was hurting so much that I couldn’t walk.
    Injeções doem. ― Injections hurt.
  2. (transitive, figurative) to hurt; to pain (cause emotional pain)
    Dói-me ver o sofrimento dessas pessoas. ― It pains me to see these people’s suffering.

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of doer (irregular; third-person only) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal doer
Personal — — doer — — doerem
Gerund
doendo
Past participle
Masculine doído doídos
Feminine doída doídas
Indicative
Present — — dói — — doem
Imperfect — — doía — — doíam
Preterite — — doeu — — doeram
Pluperfect — — doera — — doeram
Future — — doerá — — doerão
Conditional — — doeria — — doeriam
Subjunctive
Present — — doa — — doam
Imperfect — — doesse — — doessem
Future — — doer — — doerem
Imperative
Affirmative — — — — —
Negative (não) — — — — —

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Welsh edit

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Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

doer

  1. (literary) present subjunctive/imperative impersonal literary of dod

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
doer ddoer noer unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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