àrd-doras

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fordorus,[1] from for- (“over”) + dorus (“door”). Compare Irish fardoras. The àrd- prefix is folk etymology.

Pronunciation

  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈaːrˠt̪ɔɾəs̪/[2]

Noun

àrd-doras m (genitive singular àrd-dorais, plural àrd-dorsan)

  1. lintel

Mutation

Mutation of àrd-doras
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
àrd-doras n-àrd-doras h-àrd-doras t-àrd-doras

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fordorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “àrd-dorus”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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