gorta
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== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology ===
Earliest attested in 1800's.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkɔr̥ta/
Rhymes: -ɔr̥ta
=== Verb ===
gorta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gortaði, supine gortað)
(intransitive) to brag
Synonyms: grobba, raupa, monta, skruma
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
gort (“boasting, bragging”)
gortari (“boaster, braggart”)
== Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish gorte, from goirt (“starved”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡoɾˠt̪ˠə/
=== Noun ===
gorta m (genitive singular gorta, nominative plural gortaí)
starvation
Synonym: ocras
famine
an Gorta Mór ― the Great Famine
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
an Gorta Mór (“the Great Famine”)
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“gorta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “gorta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 378
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gorta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Noun ===
gorta
genitive singular of gort