Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

earliest attested in 1800's

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gorta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gortaði, supine gortað)

  1. (intransitive) to brag

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

Related terms edit

  • gort (boasting, bragging)
  • gortari (boaster, braggart)

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish gorte, from goirt (starved).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gorta m (genitive singular gorta, nominative plural gortaí)

  1. starvation
    Synonym: ocras
  2. famine
    an Gorta Mórthe Great Famine

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Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gorta ghorta ngorta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Noun edit

gorta

  1. genitive singular of gort