doirt

doirt

See also: dóirt and dòirt

Irish

Alternative forms

• dóirt

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔɾˠtʲ/

Etymology

From Old Irish do-fortai (“pours, pours out, sheds”).

Verb

doirt (present analytic doirteann, future analytic doirtfidh, verbal noun doirteadh, past participle doirte)

1. to pour
2. to spill
3. to shed, (of colours) run
4. (figuratively) to pour out, exhaust
5. (literary) to submerge, extinguish

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	doirtaim	doirtann tú; doirtair†	doirtann sé, sí	doirtaimid	doirtann sibh	doirtann siad; doirtaid†	a dhoirtann; a dhoirtas / a ndoirtann*; a ndoirtas*	doirtar
	past	dhoirit mé; dhoirtas	dhoirit tú; dhoirtais	dhoirit sé, sí	dhoirtamar; dhoirit muid	dhoirit sibh; dhoirtabhair	dhoirit siad; dhoirtadar	a dhoirit / ar dhoirit*	doirtadh
	past habitual	dhoirtainn / ndoirtainn‡‡	dhoirtá / ndoirtᇇ	dhoirtadh sé, sí / ndoirtadh sé, s퇇	dhoirtaimis; dhoirtadh muid / ndoirtaimis‡‡; ndoirtadh muid‡‡	dhoirtadh sibh / ndoirtadh sibh‡‡	dhoirtaidís; dhoirtadh siad / ndoirtaidís‡‡; ndoirtadh siad‡‡	a dhoirtadh / a ndoirtadh*	dhoirtaí / ndoirta퇇
	future	doirtfaidh mé; doirtfad	doirtfaidh tú; doirtfair†	doirtfaidh sé, sí	doirtfaimid; doirtfaidh muid	doirtfaidh sibh	doirtfaidh siad; doirtfaid†	a dhoirtfaidh; a dhoirtfas / a ndoirtfaidh*; a ndoirtfas*	doirtfar
conditional		dhoirtfainn / ndoirtfainn‡‡	dhoirtfá / ndoirtfᇇ	dhoirtfadh sé, sí / ndoirtfadh sé, s퇇	dhoirtfaimis; dhoirtfadh muid / ndoirtfaimis‡‡; ndoirtfadh muid‡‡	dhoirtfadh sibh / ndoirtfadh sibh‡‡	dhoirtfaidís; dhoirtfadh siad / ndoirtfaidís‡‡; ndoirtfadh siad‡‡	a dhoirtfadh / a ndoirtfadh*	dhoirtfaí / ndoirtfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndoirta mé; go ndoirtad†	go ndoirta tú; go ndoirtair†	go ndoirta sé, sí	go ndoirtaimid; go ndoirta muid	go ndoirta sibh	go ndoirta siad; go ndoirtaid†	—	go ndoirtar
	past	dá ndoirtainn	dá ndoirtá	dá ndoirtadh sé, sí	dá ndoirtaimis; dá ndoirtadh muid	dá ndoirtadh sibh	dá ndoirtaidís; dá ndoirtadh siad	—	dá ndoirtaí
imperative		doirtaim	doirit	doirtadh sé, sí	doirtaimis	doirtaigí; doirtaidh†	doirtaidís	—	doirtar
verbal noun		doirt
past participle		doirta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• doirteach (“effusive”)
• doirteal (“sink”)
• doirteán (“downpour”)

Further reading

• "doirt" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “do-fortai”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language