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daor
daor
Irish
Adjective
daor (genitive singular masculine daoir, genitive singular feminine daoire, plural daora, comparative daoire)
- unfree; base, servile
- convicted, condemned
- hard, severe; costly (in effort, in suffering)
- dear, high-priced, expensive
Declension
Declension of daor
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | daor | dhaor | daora; dhaora² |
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| Vocative | dhaoir | daora | ||
| Genitive | daoire | daora | daor | |
| Dative | daor; dhaor¹ |
dhaor; dhaoir (archaic) |
daora; dhaora² |
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| Comparative | níos daoire | |||
| Superlative | is daoire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Noun
daor m (genitive singular daoir, nominative plural daoir)
Declension
Declension of daor
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- daoirse (“servitude; slavery”)
Verb
daor (present analytic daorann, future analytic daorfaidh, verbal noun daoradh, past participle daortha)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | daoraim | daorann tú; daorair† |
daorann sé, sí | daoraimid | daorann sibh | daorann siad; daoraid† |
a dhaorann; a dhaoras / a ndaorann*; a ndaoras* |
daortar |
| past | dhaor mé; dhaoras | dhaor tú; dhaorais | dhaor sé, sí | dhaoramar; dhaor muid | dhaor sibh; dhaorabhair | dhaor siad; dhaoradar | a dhaor / ar dhaor* |
daoradh | |
| past habitual | dhaorainn | dhaortá | dhaoradh sé, sí | dhaoraimis; dhaoradh muid | dhaoradh sibh | dhaoraidís; dhaoradh siad | a dhaoradh / ar dhaoradh* |
dhaortaí | |
| future | daorfaidh mé; daorfad |
daorfaidh tú; daorfair† |
daorfaidh sé, sí | daorfaimid; daorfaidh muid |
daorfaidh sibh | daorfaidh siad; daorfaid† |
a dhaorfaidh; a dhaorfas / a ndaorfaidh*; a ndaorfas* |
daorfar | |
| conditional | dhaorfainn | dhaorfá | dhaorfadh sé, sí | dhaorfaimis; dhaorfadh muid | dhaorfadh sibh | dhaorfaidís; dhaorfadh siad | a dhaorfadh / ar dhaorfadh* |
dhaorfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go ndaora mé; go ndaorad† |
go ndaora tú; go ndaorair† |
go ndaora sé, sí | go ndaoraimid; go ndaora muid |
go ndaora sibh | go ndaora siad; go ndaoraid† |
— | go ndaortar |
| past | dá ndaorainn | dá ndaortá | dá ndaoradh sé, sí | dá ndaoraimis; dá ndaoradh muid |
dá ndaoradh sibh | dá ndaoraidís; dá ndaoradh siad |
— | dá ndaortaí | |
| imperative | daoraim | daor | daoradh sé, sí | daoraimis | daoraigí; daoraidh† |
daoraidís | — | daortar | |
| verbal noun | daoradh | ||||||||
| past participle | daortha | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| daor | dhaor | ndaor |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "daor" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “doír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish doír, dóer (“servile, unfree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t̪ɯːɾ]
Adjective
daor
Antonyms
Noun
daor m
Verb
daor
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
- “doír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.