fardoras

Irish

Alternative forms

• fárdoras, fardorus, fárdorus, fordhorus, fordorus

Etymology

From Middle Irish fordorus, from for- (“over”) + dorus (“door”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠd̪ˠəɾˠəsˠ/ (corresponding to the form fordoras)

Noun

fardoras m (genitive singular fardorais, nominative plural fardoirse)

1. lintel

Declension

Declension of fardoras

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fardoras fardoirse Vocative a fhardorais a fhardoirse Genitive fardorais fardoirse Dative fardoras fardoirse

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fardoras na fardoirse Genitive an fhardorais na bhfardoirse Dative leis an bhfardoras don fhardoras leis na fardoirse

Derived terms

• fuinneog fhardorais (“fanlight, transom window”)

Related terms

• doras

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fardoras	fhardoras	bhfardoras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fár-doras”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 299
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fardoras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN