goirt
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- guirt (superseded) (both etymologies)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).[2]
Adjective edit
goirt (genitive singular feminine goirte, plural goirte, comparative goirte)
Declension edit
Declension of goirt
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | goirt | ghoirt | goirte; ghoirte² | |
| Vocative | ghoirt | goirte | ||
| Genitive | goirte | goirte | goirt | |
| Dative | goirt; ghoirt¹ |
ghoirt | goirte; ghoirte² | |
| Comparative | níos goirte | |||
| Superlative | is goirte | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
goirt m
Mutation edit
| 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. | ||
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “goirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading edit
- 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
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *gʷereti, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷorti-, a variant of *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”), if the meaning developed from "hot."[1] MacBain prefers a derivation from *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”).[2] Both roots have compared to German garstig (“nasty, rude”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
goirt
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| 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. | ||
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “gʷero”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 146
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “goirt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “goirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
goirt (comparative goirte)
Derived terms edit
- uachdar goirt (“sour cream”)