goirt

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔɾˠtʲ/, /ɡɪɾˠtʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).

Adjective

goirt (genitive singular feminine goirte, plural goirte, comparative goirte)

  1. salty, bitter
  2. painful
Declension

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

goirt m

  1. inflection of gort:
    1. vocative and genitive singular
    2. nominative and dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
goirt ghoirt ngoirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “goirt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “goirt” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 377.
  • "goirt" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “goirt” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “goirt” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Adjective

goirt

  1. bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen
  2. hungry, starved

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
goirt goirt
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngoirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔrt͡ʃʲ/

Noun

goirt (comparative goirte)

  1. sore
  2. sour, tart, acidulous
  3. stale

Declension

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative goirt ghoirt goirt
Vocative ghoirt ghoirt goirte
Genitive ghoirt goirte/ghoirt goirt
Dative ghoirt ghoirt goirt

Derived terms

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