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.

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 dorus, doirsea
Vocative dorusN dorusL dorus, doirsea
Accusative dorusN dorusL dorus, doirsea
Genitive doirseo, doirsea doirseo, doirsea doirseN
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.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

dorus m (genitive singular doruis, plural dorsan)

  1. Alternative spelling of doras

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

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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