doras

See also: dorás and -doras

French

Verb

doras

1. second-person singular past historic of dorer

Anagrams

• rodas, rôdas

Irish

Alternative forms

• dorus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Akin to Welsh drws.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌɾˠəsˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəsˠ/
• (Aran, also) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɞɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

doras m (genitive singular dorais, nominative plural doirse)

1. door, doorway

Declension

Declension of doras

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative doras doirse Vocative a dhorais a dhoirse Genitive dorais doirse Dative doras doirse

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an doras na doirse Genitive an dorais na ndoirse Dative leis an doras don doras leis na doirse

Meronyms

• comhla m (“door, door-leaf”)
• murlán m (“door-handle, door-knob”)

Derived terms

• doirseoir m (“doorman, janitor, porter”)
• doras dóiteáin m (“fire door”)
• doras imrothlach m (“revolving door”)
• fardoras (“lintel”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
doras	dhoras	ndoras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• dorus (pre-spelling reform)
• dorast (Barra, Canada)

Etymology

From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪̊ɔɾəs̪/
• (Lewis, north Skye, Sutherland, Easter Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪̊aɾəs̪/ (as if spelled daras)
• (Barra, south Skye, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪̊ɔɾəs̪t̪/ (corresponding to the form dorast)
• (East Perthshire) IPA^(key): /d̪̊ɔɾs̪/

Noun

doras m (genitive singular dorais, plural dorsan)

1. door, doorway

   Dùin an dorus. ― Close the door.

2. wicket gate
3. opening
4. (medicine) orifice (as of a wound)

   neasgaid làn dhorsan ― a boil full of orifices

Derived terms

• deoch an dorais (“farewell/parting drink”)
• doras a-muigh, doras mòr (“front door”)
• doras lèabagach, doras-lùdhainn (“folding door”)
• duille-dorais (“leaf of a door”)
• duilleag-dhoras (“valve”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “doras”, 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), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Verb

doras

1. second-person singular present indicative of dorar