doras

French

Verb

doras

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

Noun

doras m (genitive singular dorais, nominative plural doirse)

door, doorway

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

Meronyms

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

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.

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)

door, doorway

Dùin an dorus. ― Close the door.
wicket gate
opening
(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
“dorus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Spanish

Verb

doras

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

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