dorus

English

Noun

dorus

1. plural of doru

Anagrams

• Durso, sudor

Irish

Noun

dorus m (genitive singular doruis, nominative plural doirse)

1. Obsolete spelling of doras

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dorus	dhorus	ndorus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdorus/

Noun

dorus m (genitive doruis, nominative plural doruis)

1. door
   • c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 11, page 1: “Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori. ― [There were] seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons.”

Inflection

• Genitive singular/nominative plural: doruis

Descendants

• Irish: doras
• Manx: dorrys
• Scottish Gaelic: dorus, doras

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dorus	dorus pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ndorus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Cognates include Sanskrit द्वार् (dvār), Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Latin foris, forum, Old Church Slavonic двьри (dvĭri) and Old English duru and dor (English door).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdorus/

Noun

dorus n (genitive doirseo, nominative plural dorus or doirsea)

1. door

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dorusN	dorusL	dorusL, doirsea
Vocative	dorusN	dorusL	dorus, doirsea
Accusative	dorusN	dorusL	dorus, doirsea
Genitive	doirseoH, doirseaH	doirseoN, doirseaN	doirseaN
Dative	dorusL	doirsib	doirsib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: dorus
  • Irish: doras
  • Manx: dorrys
  • Scottish Gaelic: dorus, doras

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dorus	dorus pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndorus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

dorus m (genitive singular doruis, plural dorsan)

1. Alternative spelling of doras

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
dorus	dhorus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dorus”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN