# doar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dõar, from Latin donāre (“to give”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doˈaɾ/

### Verb

doar (first-person singular present doo, first-person singular preterite doei, past participle doado)
* to present
* to give
* to donate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “doar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “doar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “doar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Middle English
### Noun

doar
* Alternative form of doer

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* do n

### Noun

doar m or n
* indefinite masculine plural of do

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese doar, dõar, from Latin donāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /doˈa(ʁ)/ [doˈa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /doˈa(ʁ)/ [doˈa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /doˈa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /doˈa(ʁ)/ [doˈa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /doˈa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdwaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdwaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈdwa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: do‧ar

### Verb

doar (first-person singular present doo, first-person singular preterite doei, past participle doado)
* (transitive) to present
* (transitive) to give
* (transitive) to donate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Superseded. $^2$Brazilian Portuguese. $^3$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “doar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “doar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “doar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “doar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “doar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “doar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* doară

### Etymology

Probably from a reduction of the variant form doară, itself probably from Latin dē hōrā. Alternative etymologies include a Vulgar Latin construction *de volat, alteration of dē velit, or that it perhaps resulted from confusion with oare, with an interrogative function, or simply that it derives from a variant of dar (“but”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /do̯ar/
* Rhymes: -ar

### Adverb

doar
* just, only, merely
    Synonyms: decât, numai
    Este doar un copil.He is only a child.
    Doar vreau niște lapte.I just want some milk.
* only (exclusively)
    Synonyms: decât, numai
    Doar tu poți opri incendiile de pădure.Only you can stop forest fires.
* (informal, in explanations) obviously, as is plain to see, after all
    că doar ― because obviously, for the obvious reason that…
    Cum să nu fie cald? Doar e vară.Why wouldn’t it be hot? It’s summer after all.
    Gustă, că doar nu mori!Taste it, it won’t kill you!(literally, “Taste it, because you will not die after all!”)
    Meseria asta e bine plătită, doar altfel nimeni n-ar mai vrea s-o facă.This profession is well paid, nobody would want to do it otherwise after all.
* (informal, in rhetorical questions and exclamations) surely
    Cum de ești acasă? Doar n-ai terminat așa de devreme cu școala!How come you’re home? Surely you didn’t finish school this early!
    Doar nu e așa de rău, nu?Surely it can’t be that bad, right?
* (chiefly in clauses introduced by de (“if; if only”)) Expresses the hopeful nature of an action or statement.
    Synonym: doar-doar
    Acasă o să mănânc, doar de am ajunge mai repede.At home I’m going to eat, if only we got there sooner.
    Face autostopul în ploaie, doar l-ar lua cineva.He is hitchhiking in the rain, in hope someone may give him a lift.

#### Usage notes

Senses 1, 2 and 5 take sentence stress; senses 3 and 4 are unstressed.

#### Derived terms

* doar-doar
* fără doar și poate

### Further reading

* doar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
* Marius Sala, Gheorghe Mihăilă, editors (2009), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎, volume 1, part 6, Bucharest: Romanian Academy, →ISBN, pages 1264–1266

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian dure, dore, from Proto-West Germanic *dur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doə̯r/

### Noun

doar c (plural doarren, diminutive doarke)
* door

#### Further reading

* “doar (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011