Doire

See also: doire, doíre, and dóire

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*dóru

From doire (“grove”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪɾʲə/

Proper noun

Doire m (genitive Doire)

Derry (a city and traditional county of Northern Ireland)

Synonyms

(county): Contae Dhoire

Derived terms

Doire Ó gConaíle (“Derrygonnelly”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Doire	Dhoire	nDoire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43

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