dorus

English

Noun

dorus

  1. plural of doru

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

dorus m (genitive singular doruis, nominative plural doirse)

  1. Obsolete spelling of doras

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dorus dhorus ndorus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdorus/

Noun

dorus m (genitive doruis, nominative plural doruis)

  1. door
    • c. 1000, Anonymous; published in (1935), Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 11, page 1: “Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori. [[There were] seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons.]”

Inflection
  • Genitive singular/nominative plural: doruis

Descendants
  • Irish: doras
  • Manx: dorrys
  • Scottish Gaelic: dorus, doras

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
dorusdorus
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/		ndorus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Cognates include Sanskrit द्वार् (dvār), Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Latin foris, forum, Old Church Slavonic двьри (dvĭri) and Old English duru and dor (English door).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdorus/

Noun

dorus n (genitive doirseo, nominative plural dorus or doirsea)

  1. door

Inflection
Neuter u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dorusN dorusL dorusL, doirsea
Vocative dorusN dorusL dorus, doirsea
Accusative dorusN dorusL dorus, doirsea
Genitive doirseoH, doirseaH doirseoN, doirseaN doirseaN
Dative dorusL doirsib doirsib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
dorus dorus
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/		 ndorus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

dorus m (genitive singular doruis, plural dorsan)

  1. Alternative spelling of doras

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dorusdhorus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “dorus”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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