dor
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰrēn- (“bee, hornet, drone”).
Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (“hornet”), Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone.
Alternative forms Edit
Noun Edit
dor (plural dors)
- A large European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius, that makes a droning noise while flying
- Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit
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See also Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Compare dor (“a beetle”), and hum, humbug.
Noun Edit
dor (plural dors)
- (obsolete) a trick, joke, or deception
- 1624 June 6 (licensing date), John Fletcher, “A VVife for a Moneth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- To say you were impotent! I am ashamed on 't! To make yourself no man? to a fresh maid too, A longing maid? upon her wedding-night also, To give her such a dor?
Anagrams Edit
Afrikaans Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (file)
Adjective Edit
dor (attributive dorre, comparative dorder, superlative dorste)
Aromanian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Latin doleō. Compare Romanian durea.
Verb Edit
dor (third-person singular present indicative doari or doare, past participle durutã)
Usage notes Edit
Usually used reflexively (e.g. "mi doari"- it hurts/pains (me)), as with the Romanian cognate, which is only conjugated in the 3rd person.
Related terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Probably from Late Latin dolus (“pain, grief”), a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”); alternatively, and less likely, from dolus (“trickery, deception”), from Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos). Compare Romanian dor.
Noun Edit
dor
See also Edit
Azerbaijani Edit
Etymology Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun Edit
dor (definite accusative doru, plural dorlar)
Declension Edit
Declension of dor | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | dor |
dorlar | ||||||
definite accusative | doru |
dorları | ||||||
dative | dora |
dorlara | ||||||
locative | dorda |
dorlarda | ||||||
ablative | dordan |
dorlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | dorun |
dorların |
Further reading Edit
- “dor” in Obastan.com.
Breton Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle Breton dor, from Proto-Brythonic *dor (compare Welsh dôr), from Proto-Celtic *dwār, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr.
Noun Edit
dor f (plural dorioù)
Mutation Edit
Note: it is the last remnant of nasal mutation in Breton, and becomes "an nor".
Cimbrian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From earlier dort, from Middle High German dort, from Old High German dorot, doret (“there”). Cognate with German dort (“there, yonder”).
Preposition Edit
dor
- (Sette Comuni) through, across, along
- de mèrchar dor de biizen ― the boundary markers along the meadow
References Edit
- “dor” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Cornish Edit
Etymology Edit
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-.[1]
Noun Edit
dor m (plural dorow)
Usage notes Edit
(Earth): undergoes irregular mutation after definite article when referring to the Earth: an nor
Derived terms Edit
- aval dor (“potato”)
- aval dor brewys (“mashed potato”)
- know dor (“peanuts”)
Mutation Edit
References Edit
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 98 i (3)
Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle Dutch dorre, from Old Dutch *thurri, from Proto-West Germanic *þurʀī, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
dor (comparative dorder, superlative dorst)
Inflection Edit
Inflection of dor | ||||
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uninflected | dor | |||
inflected | dorre | |||
comparative | dorder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | dor | dorder | het dorst het dorste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | dorre | dordere | dorste |
n. sing. | dor | dorder | dorste | |
plural | dorre | dordere | dorste | |
definite | dorre | dordere | dorste | |
partitive | dors | dorders | — |
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
Galician Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese door, from Latin dolor, dolōrem.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
dor f (plural dores)
Related terms Edit
References Edit
- “door” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “door” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “dor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “dor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “dor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Latin Edit
Verb Edit
dor
Middle Dutch Edit
Preposition Edit
dor
- Alternative form of dōre
Old English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *dor.
Cognate with Old Saxon dor, Old High German tor (German Tor (“gate”)), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂 (daur). The Germanic word also existed with the stem *durz (see Old English duru, German Tür). Indo-European cognates include Greek θυρα (thyra), Latin foris, Lithuanian dùrys, Old Church Slavonic двьрь (dvĭrĭ) (Russian дверь (dverʹ)).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
dōr n
Declension Edit
Related terms Edit
Descendants Edit
Old Saxon Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *dor.
Cognate with Old English dor, Old High German tor (German Tor (“gate”)), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂 (daur). The Germanic word also existed with the stem *durz (see Old Saxon duru, German Tür).
Noun Edit
dor n
Declension Edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | dor | dor |
accusative | dor | dor |
genitive | dores | dorō |
dative | dore | dorun |
instrumental | — | — |
Portuguese Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese door f (“pain”), from Latin dolōrem m, from Old Latin *dolōs, from Proto-Italic *dolōs, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to hew, split”). Compare Galician dor and Spanish dolor.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
dor f (plural dores)
- pain (physical or emotional)
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
Descendants Edit
- Kabuverdianu: dór
Rohingya Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- 𐴊𐴡𐴌 (dor) — Hanifi Rohingya script
Etymology Edit
From Bengali [Term?].
Noun Edit
dor (Hanifi spelling 𐴊𐴡𐴌)
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Probably from Late Latin dolus (“pain, grief”), a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”); alternatively, and less likely, from dolus (“trickery, deception”), from Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos)[1]. Compare Spanish duelo (“sorrow, mourning”), French deuil (“bereavement”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
dor n (plural doruri)
- wistfulness, melancholy, nostalgia, longing; a strong feeling of missing someone or something
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
References Edit
- ^ dor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Salar Edit
Etymology Edit
Archaic in Xunhua because they use vañ, a Chinese borrowing instead.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
dor
References Edit
- Potanin, G.N. (1893), “тор”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
- Poppe, Nicholas (1953). Remarks on The Salar Language. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 16(3/4), 438–477. [1]
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “dor”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 80
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “dor”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 90
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “dor (only in Xinjiang)”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 278
Tolai Edit
Pronoun Edit
dor
- First-person inclusive dual pronoun: you (singular) and I, you (singular) and me
Declension Edit
Turkmen Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tōrug (“bay”)[1]. Cognate with Turkish doru.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
dor (comparative dorrak, superlative iň dor)[2]
References Edit
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “toruğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 538
- ^ dor at Ene dilim
Welsh Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
dor
- Soft mutation of tor.
Mutation Edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tor | dor | nhor | thor |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |