French

Verb

doras

1. 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)

1. door

Declension

Derived terms

• doirseoir m ‎(“doorman, janitor, porter”)

Mutation

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)

1. door, doorway

   Dùin an dorus.‎ ― Close the door.

2. wicket gate
3. opening
4. (medicine) orifice (as of a wound)

   neasgaid làn dhorsan‎ ― a boil full of orifices

Derived terms

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
• “dorus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Spanish

Verb

doras

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