doir

See also: doír

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• dor

Etymology

From Latin dūrus.

Adjective

doir

1. hard

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dairid, from Proto-Celtic *daryeti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θρῴσκω (thrṓiskō, “to leap, attack”), Latvian dur̃t (“to stab, thrust, prick, jab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɛɾʲ/

Verb

doir (present analytic doireann, future analytic doirfidh, verbal noun dor, past participle dortha)

1. (transitive, agriculture) to bull (mate with a cow or heifer)

Conjugation

conjugation of doir (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	doirim	doireann tú; doirir†	doireann sé, sí	doirimid	doireann sibh	doireann siad; doirid†	a dhoireann; a dhoireas / a ndoireann*; a ndoireas*	doirtear
	past	dhoir mé; dhoireas	dhoir tú; dhoiris	dhoir sé, sí	dhoireamar; dhoir muid	dhoir sibh; dhoireabhair	dhoir siad; dhoireadar	a dhoir / ar dhoir*	doireadh
	past habitual	dhoirinn / ndoirinn‡‡	dhoirteá / ndoirteᇇ	dhoireadh sé, sí / ndoireadh sé, s퇇	dhoirimis; dhoireadh muid / ndoirimis‡‡; ndoireadh muid‡‡	dhoireadh sibh / ndoireadh sibh‡‡	dhoiridís; dhoireadh siad / ndoiridís‡‡; ndoireadh siad‡‡	a dhoireadh / a ndoireadh*	dhoirtí / ndoirt퇇
future		doirfidh mé; doirfead	doirfidh tú; doirfir†	doirfidh sé, sí	doirfimid; doirfidh muid	doirfidh sibh	doirfidh siad; doirfid†	a dhoirfidh; a dhoirfeas / a ndoirfidh*; a ndoirfeas*	doirfear
conditional		dhoirfinn / ndoirfinn‡‡	dhoirfeá / ndoirfeᇇ	dhoirfeadh sé, sí / ndoirfeadh sé, s퇇	dhoirfimis; dhoirfeadh muid / ndoirfimis‡‡; ndoirfeadh muid‡‡	dhoirfeadh sibh / ndoirfeadh sibh‡‡	dhoirfidís; dhoirfeadh siad / ndoirfidís‡‡; ndoirfeadh siad‡‡	a dhoirfeadh / a ndoirfeadh*	dhoirfí / ndoirf퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndoire mé; go ndoiread†	go ndoire tú; go ndoirir†	go ndoire sé, sí	go ndoirimid; go ndoire muid	go ndoire sibh	go ndoire siad; go ndoirid†	—	go ndoirtear
	past	dá ndoirinn	dá ndoirteá	dá ndoireadh sé, sí	dá ndoirimis; dá ndoireadh muid	dá ndoireadh sibh	dá ndoiridís; dá ndoireadh siad	—	dá ndoirtí
imperative		doirim	doir	doireadh sé, sí	doirimis	doirigí; doiridh†	doiridís	—	doirtear
verbal noun		dor
past participle		dortha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
doir	dhoir	ndoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “doir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dairid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “doirim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 255
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 65
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَائِر (dāʔir).

Postposition

doir

1. concerning, relating (to)

Welsh

Alternative forms

• deuir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔi̯r/
• Rhymes: -ɔi̯r
• Homophone: doer (South Wales)

Verb

doir

1. (literary) present/future impersonal of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
doir	ddoir	noir	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.