dord

See also: dörd

Irish

Noun

dord m ‎(genitive singular doird, nominative plural doird)

buzz, drone
(music) bass

Declension

Declension of dord

First declension

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

Terms derived from dord

dord-druma ‎(“bass drum”)
dordeochair ‎(“bass clef”)
dordfhocal ‎(“buzzword”)
dord figiúrtha ‎(“figured bass”)

dordghuth ‎(“bass voice”)
dordlíne, líne an doird ‎(“bassline”)
dordóir ‎(“bassist”)
dordveidhil ‎(“cello”)

dordveidhlín ‎(“bass fiddle”)
fo-dhordaire ‎(“subwoofer”)
fo-dhord ‎(“subdued murmur; backbiting”)
olldord ‎(“double bass, contrabass”)

Verb

dord ‎(present analytic dordann, future analytic dordfaidh, verbal noun dordadh, past participle dordta)

to hum, buzz, drone
to chant in a deep voice

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			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; a ndordas	dordtar
	past	dhord mé; dhordas	dhord tú; dhordais	dhord sé, sí	dhordamar; dhord muid	dhord sibh; dhordabhair	dhord siad; dhordadar	a dhord / ar dhord*	dordadh
	past habitual	dhordainn	dhordtá	dhordadh sé, sí	dhordaimis; dhordadh muid	dhordadh sibh	dhordaidís; dhordadh siad	a dhordadh / ar dhordadh*	dhordtaí
	future	dordfaidh mé; dordfad	dordfaidh tú; dordfair^†	dordfaidh sé, sí	dordfaimid; dordfaidh muid	dordfaidh sibh	dordfaidh siad; dordfaid^†	a dhordfaidh; a dhordfas / a ndordfaidh; a ndordfas	dordfar
conditional		dhordfainn	dhordfá	dhordfadh sé, sí	dhordfaimis; dhordfadh muid	dhordfadh sibh	dhordfaidís; dhordfadh siad	a dhordfadh / ar dhordfadh*	dhordfaí
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		dordaim	dord	dordadh sé, sí	dordaimis	dordaigí; dordaidh^†	dordaidís	—	dordtar
verbal noun		dordadh
past participle		dordta

* Indirect relative
† Dialect form

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dord	dhord	ndord
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Noun

dord ?

buzz, hum, drone

Inflection

Unknown gender o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

dordaid

Descendants

Irish: dord

References

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

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dord

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Old Irish

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