dorr
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔː(ɹ)/
Noun
dorr (plural dorrs)
- A dor, or dorbeetle.
- (obsolete) A drone or idler; a lazy person.
- 1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:
- […] live idle themselves, lyke dorres
References
- “dorr”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish doirr.[1]
Declension
Declension of dorr
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- dorraíl
- dorrán
- dorrga
Interjection
dorr
- an expression of encouragement used to a dog
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dorr | dhorr | ndorr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doirr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dorr”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dorr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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