# dord
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Irish dord (“buzz, drone; dord”).

### Noun

dord (plural dords)
* (music) A type of ancient Irish war-horn.
** 1869, “Folk-lore: Myths and Tales of Various Peoples”, in The London Quarterly & Holborn Review, volume 31, pages 62–63:[…] there, after digging to a good depth, they find the Dord or great war-horn of Fionn, a blast on which brings “a flock of furious gigantic birds,” and a thigh of one of them is found to be as big as a sheep’s.
** 1994, Dirk Schellberg, Didgeridoo: Ritual Origins and Playing Techniques, →ISBN, page 46:[…] the first album on which the dord and the didgeridoo could be heard together was entitled: ‘Two stories in One: (Natural Symphonies)’.
** 2002, Philip Carr-Gomm, Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century, →ISBN, page 64:The dord, a form of horn with a sound like the Australian Aborigine’s didgeridoo, was clearly a sacred instrument of the Bronze Age […]

### Anagrams

* Rodd

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish dord (“buzzing, humming, droning, intoning”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪ˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ/

### Noun

dord m (genitive singular as substantive doird, genitive as verbal noun dordta, nominative plural doird)
* verbal noun of dord
* buzz, drone
* (music) bass

#### Declension
##### As verbal noun

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
dord
vocative
a dhord
genitive
dordta
dative
dord
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an dord
genitive
an dordta
dative
leis an dord don dord :

##### As substantive

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
dord
doird
vocative
a dhoird
a dhorda
genitive
doird
dord
dative
dord
doird
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an dord
na doird
genitive
an doird
na ndord
dative
leis an dord don dord
leis na doird :

#### Derived terms

* andord (“drone, chant”)
* dord figiúrtha (“figured bass”)
* dord-druma (“bass drum”)
* dordán (“buzzing, droning”)
* dordéan (“hummingbird”)
* dordeochair (“bass clef”)
* dordfhocal (“buzzword”)
* dordghuth (“bass voice”)
* dordlíne (“bassline”)
* dordóir (“bassist”)
* dordveidhil (“cello”)
* dordveidhlín (“bass fiddle”)
* fo-dhordaire (“subwoofer”)
* fodhord (“subdued murmur; backbiting”)
* olldord (“double bass, contrabass”)

### Verb

dord (present analytic dordann, future analytic dordfaidh, verbal noun dord, past participle dordta)
* (intransitive) hum, buzz, drone
* (intransitive) chant in a deep voice

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | dordaim | dordann tú; dordair$^†$ | dordann sé, sí | dordaimid | dordann sibh | dordann siad; dordaid$^†$ | a dhordann; a dhordas / a ndordann* | dordtar |
| indicative | past | dhord mé; dhordas | dhord tú; dhordais | dhord sé, sí | dhordamar; dhord muid | dhord sibh; dhordabhair | dhord siad; dhordadar | a dhord / ar dhord* | dordadh |
| indicative | past habitual | dhordainn / ndordainn‡‡ | dhordtá / ndordtá‡‡ | dhordadh sé, sí / ndordadh sé, sí‡‡ | dhordaimis; dhordadh muid / ndordaimis‡‡; ndordadh muid‡‡ | dhordadh sibh / ndordadh sibh‡‡ | dhordaidís; dhordadh siad / ndordaidís‡‡; ndordadh siad‡‡ | a dhordadh / a ndordadh* | dhordtaí / ndordtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | dordfaidh mé; dordfad | dordfaidh tú; dordfair$^†$ | dordfaidh sé, sí | dordfaimid; dordfaidh muid | dordfaidh sibh | dordfaidh siad; dordfaid$^†$ | a dhordfaidh; a dhordfas / a ndordfaidh* | dordfar |
| conditional | conditional | dhordfainn / ndordfainn‡‡ | dhordfá / ndordfá‡‡ | dhordfadh sé, sí / ndordfadh sé, sí‡‡ | dhordfaimis; dhordfadh muid / ndordfaimis‡‡; ndordfadh muid‡‡ | dhordfadh sibh / ndordfadh sibh‡‡ | dhordfaidís; dhordfadh siad / ndordfaidís‡‡; ndordfadh siad‡‡ | a dhordfadh / a ndordfadh* | dhordfaí / ndordfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go ndorda mé; go ndordad$^†$ | go ndorda tú; go ndordair$^†$ | go ndorda sé, sí | go ndordaimid; go ndorda muid | go ndorda sibh | go ndorda siad; go ndordaid$^†$ | — | go ndordtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá ndordainn | dá ndordtá | dá ndordadh sé, sí | dá ndordaimis; dá ndordadh muid | dá ndordadh sibh | dá ndordaidís; dá ndordadh siad | — | dá ndordtaí |
| imperative | imperative | dordaim | dord | dordadh sé, sí | dordaimis | dordaigí; dordaidh$^†$ | dordaidís | — | dordtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | dordadh | dordadh | dordadh | dordadh | dordadh | dordadh | dordadh | dordadh |
| past participle | past participle | dordta | dordta | dordta | dordta | dordta | dordta | dordta | dordta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Mutation

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

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dord”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dord”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “dord”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dor-d-, from imitative Proto-Indo-European root *dʰer-, *dʰrēn- (“drone; to murmur”), see also English drone, dor and Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “dirge, lament”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dor͈d]

### Noun

dord m (genitive duird)
* buzz, hum, drone

#### Inflection

Masculine o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | dord | — | — |
| Vocative | duird | — | — |
| Accusative | dord$^N$ | — | — |
| Genitive | duird$^L$ | — | — |
| Dative | dord$^L$ | — | — |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Derived terms

* dordaid
* fodord

#### Descendants

* Irish: dord

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dord”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dwrdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies