dorus

English

Noun

dorus

1. plural of doru

Anagrams

• Durso, sourd, Duros, sudor, surdo

Irish

Noun

dorus m (genitive singular doruis, nominative plural doirse)

1. obsolete spelling of doras

Mutation

Mutated forms of dorus

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dorus	dhorus	ndorus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (earlier) /ˈd̪oɾus/, (earlier) /ˈd̪oɾəs/

Noun

dorus m (genitive doruis, nominative plural doruis)

1. door

Inflection

• Genitive singular/nominative plural: doruis

Quotations

• c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, line 11:

  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.

Descendants

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

Mutation

Mutation of dorus

radical	lenition	nasalization
dorus	dorus pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ndorus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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): /ˈd̪o.ɾus/
  • (Blasse) [ˈd̪o.ɾus]
  • (Griffith) [ˈd̪o.ɾøs]

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

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

Mutation

Mutation of dorus

radical	lenition	nasalization
dorus	dorus pronounced with /ð-/	ndorus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

dorus m (genitive singular doruis, plural dorsan)

1. alternative spelling of doras

Mutation

Mutation of dorus

radical	lenition
dorus	dhorus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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