dorú

See also: doru, Doru, and dōru

Irish

Alternative forms

• dairiú, darú, doraca, dorg, dorga, doruga, drae, dró
• dairiughadh, doradh, dorugha, doruighe (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Norse dorg (compare Faroese dorg (“fishing line”)), from Proto-Germanic *durgō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to bind fast”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠəˈɾˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəɡə/ (corresponding to the form dorga)

Noun

dorú m (genitive singular dorú, nominative plural doruithe)

1. line (rope, cord or string)
2. (specifically) fishing line

   dorú iascaireachta ― fishing line

   iascaireacht le dorú ― line fishing

   Chaith sé an dorú amach.

   He cast out the [fishing] line.

Declension

Declension of dorú

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dorú doruithe Vocative a dhorú a dhoruithe Genitive dorú doruithe Dative dorú doruithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dorú na doruithe Genitive an dorú na ndoruithe Dative leis an dorú don dorú leis na doruithe

• Alternative plural forms: dairithe, duirithe

Derived terms

• 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

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.

Further reading

• 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