doirt

See also: dóirt and dòirt

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔɾˠtʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish do·fortai (“to pour, pour out, shed”).

Verb

doirt (present analytic doirteann, future analytic doirtfidh, verbal noun doirteadh, past participle doirte)

1. to pour
2. to spill
3. to shed, (of colours) run
4. (figurative) to pour out, exhaust
5. (literary) to submerge, extinguish

Conjugation

conjugation of doirt (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	doirtim	doirteann tú; doirtir†	doirteann sé, sí	doirtimid	doirteann sibh	doirteann siad; doirtid†	a dhoirteann; a dhoirteas / a ndoirteann*	doirtear
	past	dhoirt mé; dhoirteas	dhoirt tú; dhoirtis	dhoirt sé, sí	dhoirteamar; dhoirt muid	dhoirt sibh; dhoirteabhair	dhoirt siad; dhoirteadar	a dhoirt / ar dhoirt*	doirteadh
	past habitual	dhoirtinn / ndoirtinn‡‡	dhoirteá / ndoirteᇇ	dhoirteadh sé, sí / ndoirteadh sé, s퇇	dhoirtimis; dhoirteadh muid / ndoirtimis‡‡; ndoirteadh muid‡‡	dhoirteadh sibh / ndoirteadh sibh‡‡	dhoirtidís; dhoirteadh siad / ndoirtidís‡‡; ndoirteadh siad‡‡	a dhoirteadh / a ndoirteadh*	dhoirtí / ndoirt퇇
future		doirtfidh mé; doirtfead	doirtfidh tú; doirtfir†	doirtfidh sé, sí	doirtfimid; doirtfidh muid	doirtfidh sibh	doirtfidh siad; doirtfid†	a dhoirtfidh; a dhoirtfeas / a ndoirtfidh*	doirtfear
conditional		dhoirtfinn / ndoirtfinn‡‡	dhoirtfeá / ndoirtfeᇇ	dhoirtfeadh sé, sí / ndoirtfeadh sé, s퇇	dhoirtfimis; dhoirtfeadh muid / ndoirtfimis‡‡; ndoirtfeadh muid‡‡	dhoirtfeadh sibh / ndoirtfeadh sibh‡‡	dhoirtfidís; dhoirtfeadh siad / ndoirtfidís‡‡; ndoirtfeadh siad‡‡	a dhoirtfeadh / a ndoirtfeadh*	dhoirtfí / ndoirtf퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndoirte mé; go ndoirtead†	go ndoirte tú; go ndoirtir†	go ndoirte sé, sí	go ndoirtimid; go ndoirte muid	go ndoirte sibh	go ndoirte siad; go ndoirtid†	—	go ndoirtear
	past	dá ndoirtinn	dá ndoirteá	dá ndoirteadh sé, sí	dá ndoirtimis; dá ndoirteadh muid	dá ndoirteadh sibh	dá ndoirtidís; dá ndoirteadh siad	—	dá ndoirtí
imperative		doirtim	doirt	doirteadh sé, sí	doirtimis	doirtigí; doirtidh†	doirtidís	—	doirtear
verbal noun		doirteadh
past participle		doirte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms

• dóirt, dort

Derived terms

• doirteach (“effusive”)
• doirteal (“sink”)
• doirteán (“downpour”)

Etymology 2

Verb

doirt (present analytic doirteann, future analytic doirtfidh, verbal noun doirtim, past participle doirte) (transitive, intransitive)

1. Connacht form of druid (“to move, draw near”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
doirt	dhoirt	ndoirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·fortai”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language