fardoras

Irish

Alternative forms

• fárdoras, fardorus, fárdorus, fordhorus, fordorus

Etymology

From Middle Irish fordorus, from for- (“over”) + dorus (“door”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠd̪ˠəɾˠəsˠ/ (corresponding to the form fordoras)

Noun

fardoras m (genitive singular fardorais, nominative plural fardoirse)

1. lintel

Declension

Declension of fardoras (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fardoras fardoirse vocative a fhardorais a fhardoirse genitive fardorais fardoirse dative fardoras fardoirse forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fardoras na fardoirse genitive an fhardorais na bhfardoirse dative leis an bhfardoras don fhardoras leis na fardoirse

Derived terms

• fuinneog fhardorais (“fanlight, transom window”)

Related terms

• doras

Mutation

Mutated forms of fardoras

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fardoras	fhardoras	bhfardoras

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. (1904) “fár-doras”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 299
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fardoras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN