dolur

Old French

Noun

dolur oblique singular, m (oblique plural dolurs, nominative singular dolurs, nominative plural dolur)

1. Alternative form of dolor

Romansch

Alternative forms

• dalur (Sutsilvan)
• dolour (Surmiran)
• dulur (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin dolor, dolōrem.

Noun

dolur m (plural dolurs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) pain, ache

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh dolur, from Proto-Brythonic *dolʉr, from Latin dolor.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔlɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdoːlɪr/, /ˈdɔlɪr/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɨ̞r

Noun

dolur m or f (plural doluriau or dolurion)

1. pain, ache

   Synonyms: poen, cur

Derived terms

• amynedd yw eli pob dolur (“time heals all wounds”, literally “patience is the salve of every pain”)
• dolur llygad (“eyesore”)
• dolur rhydd (“diarrhoea”)
• mae eli i bob dolur (“there is a cure for all ills”)
• pawb â’i fys lle bo’i ddolur (“each to their own”, literally “everyone has his finger to his pain”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dolur

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dolur	ddolur	nolur	unchanged

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “dolur”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dolur”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies