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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daoradh	dhaoradh	ndaoradh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daoradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doírad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language