doras

French

Verb

doras

1. second-person singular past historic of dorer

Anagrams

• rodas, rôdas

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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, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

doras m ‎(genitive singular dorais, nominative plural doirse)

1. door

Declension

Declension of doras

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative doras doirse Vocative a dhorais a dhoirse Genitive dorais doirse Dative doras doirse

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an doras na doirse Genitive an dorais na ndoirse Dative leis an doras don doras leis na doirse

Derived terms

• doirseoir m ‎(“doorman, janitor, porter”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
doras	dhoras	ndoras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "doras" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “dorus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• dorus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɔ.ɾəs̪/

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

Terms derived from doras

• deoch an dorais ‎(“farewell/parting drink”)
• doras a-muigh, doras mòr ‎(“front door”)

• doras lèabagach, doras-lùdhainn ‎(“folding door”)
• duilleag-dhoras ‎(“valve”)

• duille-dorais ‎(“leaf of a door”)

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 0 901771 92 9
• “dorus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Spanish

Verb

doras

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of dorar.