goirt
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
guirt (superseded) (both etymologies)
=== Pronunciation ===
(Munster) IPA(key): /ɡʌɾˠtʲ/
IPA(key): /ɡɔɾˠtʲ/, /ɡiɾˠtʲ/
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).
==== Adjective ====
goirt (genitive singular feminine goirte, plural goirte, comparative goirte)
salty, bitter, brackish
painful
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
goirteog
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Noun ====
goirt m
inflection of gort:
vocative/genitive singular
nominative/dative plural
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “goirt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 377
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “goirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “goirt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“goirt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
== Old Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Celtic *gʷereti, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷorti-, a variant of *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”), if the meaning developed from "hot." MacBain prefers a derivation from *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Both roots have compared to German garstig (“nasty, rude”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡorʲt̠ʲ/
=== Adjective ===
goirt
bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen
hungry, starved
==== Derived terms ====
gorte
==== Descendants ====
Irish: goirt
Manx: gort
Scottish Gaelic: goirt
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “goirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ɡ̥ɔːrˠs̪t̪/, [ɡ̥ɔʂʈ]
(Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, Skye) IPA(key): /ɡ̥ɔːrˠʃtʲ/, [ɡ̥ɔʂtʲ]
(South Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ɡ̥ɔːrˠʃtʲ/, [ɡ̥ɔɕtʲ]
=== Adjective ===
goirt (comparative goirte)
sore
sour, tart, acidulous
stale
==== Derived terms ====
uachdar goirt (“sour cream”)
=== References ===