doras

See also: dorás and -doras

French

Verb

doras

1. second-person singular past historic of dorer

Anagrams

• rodas, rôdas

Irish

Alternative forms

• dorus (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌɾˠəsˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəsˠ/
• (Aran, also) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɞɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

doras m (genitive singular dorais, nominative plural doirse)

1. door, doorway

Declension

Declension of doras (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative doras doirse vocative a dhorais a dhoirse genitive dorais doirse dative doras doirse forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an doras na doirse genitive an dorais na ndoirse dative leis an doras don doras leis na doirse

Meronyms

• comhla m (“door, door-leaf”)
• murlán m (“door-handle, door-knob”)

Derived terms

• doirseoir m (“doorman, janitor, porter”)
• doras dóiteáin m (“fire door”)
• doras imrothlach m (“revolving door”)
• fardoras (“lintel”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of doras

radical	lenition	eclipsis
doras	dhoras	ndoras

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• dorus (pre-spelling reform)
• dorast (Barra, Canada)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Trotternish, Raasay, Sutherland, Easter Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪̊aɾəs̪/ (as if spelled daras)
• (Harris, Uist, much of Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪̊ɔɾəs̪/
• (Eriskay, Barra, Sleat, Eigg, Tiree, Argyll, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪̊ɔɾəs̪t̪/ (corresponding to the form dorast)
• (East Perthshire) IPA^(key): /d̪̊ɔɾs̪/

Noun

doras m (genitive singular dorais, plural dorsan)

1. door, doorway

   Dùin an dorus. ― Close the door.

2. wicket gate
3. opening
4. (medicine) orifice (as of a wound)

   neasgaid làn dhorsan ― a boil full of orifices

Derived terms

• deoch an dorais (“farewell/parting drink”)
• doras a-muigh, doras mòr (“front door”)
• doras lèabagach, doras-lùdhainn (“folding door”)
• duille-dorais (“leaf of a door”)
• duilleag-dhoras (“valve”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “doras”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Verb

doras

1. second-person singular present indicative of dorar