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deur

deur

Dutch

Noun

deur f (plural deuren, diminutive deurtje n)

  1. door

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dér, deór (tear; drop) (compare Irish deoir), from Proto-Celtic *dakrom (compare Middle Welsh deigr), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒeɪr/

Noun

deur m (genitive singular deòir, plural deòir)

  1. drop
  2. tear, teardrop
    Sgìth mise bho na deòir gu bheil mi a' caoineadh. ― I am weary from the tears that I have wept.
  3. any small quantity of liquid
  4. brine

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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 0 901771 92 9
  • dér” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.