dorú
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- dairiú, darú, doraca, dorg, dorga, doruga, drae, dró
- dairiughadh, doradh, dorugha, doruighe (superseded)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse dorg[1] (compare Faroese dorg (“fishing line”)), from Proto-Germanic *durgō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to bind fast”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠəˈɾˠuː/[2]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəɡə/[3] (corresponding to the form dorga)
Noun[edit]
dorú m (genitive singular dorú, nominative plural doruithe)
- line (rope, cord or string)
- (specifically) fishing line
- dorú iascaireachta ― fishing line
- iascaireacht le dorú ― line fishing
- Chaith sé an dorú amach.
- He cast out the [fishing] line.
Declension[edit]
Declension of dorú
Derived terms[edit]
- buille dorú (“cast (of fishing-line)”)
- dorú aigigh (“plummet, plumb line, leadline”)
- dorú feádóireachta (“plumb line”)
- dorú grinnill (“groundline (fishing)”)
- dorú ingir (“plumb line, perpendicular”)
- dorú pluma (“plumb-line”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dorú | dhorú | ndorú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doruba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 139
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “doruiġe; doruġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 257
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dorú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN