dorú

See also: doru, Doru, and dōru

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse dorg[1] (compare Faroese dorg (“fishing line”)), from Proto-Germanic *durgō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to bind fast”).

Pronunciation

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.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doruba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 139

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