# doras
## French
### Verb

doras
* 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) IPA: /ˈd̪ˠʌɾˠəsˠ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəsˠ/
* (Aran, also) IPA: /ˈd̪ˠɞɾˠəsˠ/

### Noun

doras m (genitive singular dorais, nominative plural doirse)
* door, doorway

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
doras
doirse
vocative
a dhorais
a dhoirse
genitive
dorais
doirse
dative
doras
doirse
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an doras
na doirse
genitive
an dorais
na ndoirse
dative
leis an doras don doras
leis na doirse :

#### Meronyms

* comhla m (“door, door-leaf”)
* murlán m (“door-handle, door-knob”)

#### Derived terms

* doirseoir m (“doorman, janitor, porter”)
* doras dóiteáin m (“fire door”)
* doras imrothlach m (“revolving door”)
* fardoras (“lintel”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 82, page 44
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 67

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* dorus (pre-spelling reform)
* dorast (Barra, Canada)

### Etymology

From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”).

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis, Trotternish, Raasay, Sutherland, Easter Ross) IPA: /ˈd̪̊aɾəs̪/ (as if spelled daras)
* (Harris, Uist, much of Skye) IPA: /ˈd̪̊ɔɾəs̪/
* (Eriskay, Barra, Sleat, Eigg, Tiree, Argyll, Canada) IPA: /ˈd̪̊ɔɾəs̪t̪/ (corresponding to the form dorast)
* (East Perthshire) IPA: /d̪̊ɔɾs̪/

### Noun

doras m (genitive singular dorais, plural dorsan)
* door, doorway
    Dùin an dorus. ― Close the door.
* wicket gate
* opening
* (medicine) orifice (as of a wound)
    neasgaid làn dhorsan ― a boil full of orifices

#### Derived terms

* deoch an dorais (“farewell/parting drink”)
* doras a-muigh, doras mòr (“front door”)
* doras lèabagach, doras-lùdhainn (“folding door”)
* duille-dorais (“leaf of a door”)
* duilleag-dhoras (“valve”)

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* Edward Dwelly (1911) “doras”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Spanish
### Verb

doras
* second-person singular present indicative of dorar