dorr

See also: Dorr and dörr

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

dorr (plural dorrs)

1. A dor, or dorbeetle.
2. (obsolete) A drone or idler; a lazy person.
   • 1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:

     […] live idle themselves, lyke dorres

References

• “dorr”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• RROD, Dror, RRoD

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish doirr.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʌɾˠ/

Noun

dorr f (genitive singular doirre)

1. (literary) anger

Declension

Declension of dorr (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dorr vocative a dhorr genitive doirre dative dorr doirr (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dorr genitive na doirre dative leis an dorr leis an doirr (archaic, dialectal) don dorr don doirr (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• dorraíl
• dorrán
• dorrga

Interjection

dorr

1. an expression of encouragement used to a dog

Mutation

Mutated forms of dorr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dorr	dhorr	ndorr

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dorr”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dorr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN