dorr

See also: Dorr and dörr

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

dorr (plural dorrs)

1. A dor, or dorbeetle.
2. (obsolete) A drone or idler; a lazy person.
   • 1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:

     […] live idle themselves, lyke dorres

References

• “dorr”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• RROD, Dror, RRoD

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish doirr.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʌɾˠ/

Noun

dorr f (genitive singular doirre)

1. (literary) anger

Declension

Declension of dorr

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative dorr Vocative a dhorr Genitive doirre Dative dorr doirr (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an dorr Genitive na doirre Dative leis an dorr leis an doirr (archaic, dialectal) don dorr don doirr (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• dorraíl
• dorrán
• dorrga

Interjection

dorr

1. an expression of encouragement used to a dog

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dorr	dhorr	ndorr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dorr”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dorr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN