daoradh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish doírad, verbal noun of doíraid (“enslaves; condemns”).

Pronunciation

Noun:

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠeːɾˠə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠu/

Past indicative autonomous form:

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠeːɾˠəɡ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠu/

Past habitual, past subjunctive, and imperative forms:

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠeːɾˠəx/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠəx/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠu/

Noun

daoradh m (genitive singular daortha, nominative plural daorthaí)

1. verbal noun of daor
2. enslavement
3. conviction
4. (baseball, rounders) base
5. (in the plural) rounders

   Synonym: cluiche corr

Declension

Declension of daoradh (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative daoradh daorthaí vocative a dhaoradh a dhaorthaí genitive daortha daorthaí dative daoradh daorthaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an daoradh na daorthaí genitive an daortha na ndaorthaí dative leis an daoradh don daoradh leis na daorthaí

Derived terms

• daoradh baile (“home plate”)

Verb

daoradh

1. inflection of daor (“to enslave”):
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. past habitual analytic
   3. past subjunctive analytic
   4. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of daoradh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
daoradh	dhaoradh	ndaoradh

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

Further reading

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