dorú

See also: doru, Doru, and dōru

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse dorg[4] (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
singular plural
nominative dorú doruithe
vocative a dhorú a dhoruithe
genitive dorú doruithe
dative dorú doruithe
forms with the definite article
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

Mutated forms of dorú
radical lenition eclipsis
dorú dhorú ndorú

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

References
  1. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dorae”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  2. ^ “dorú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “doruġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 360; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doruba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 163, page 82
  6. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 38, page 44
  7. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 479, page 92
  8. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 69, page 18
  9. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974) Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 74
  10. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 429, page 139

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