Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish gortaigid (to salt, pickle; to hurt, injure), from Old Irish goirt (bitter, salty).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gortaigh (present analytic gortaíonn, future analytic gortóidh, verbal noun gortú, past participle gortaithe)

  1. to hurt, injure

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gortaigh ghortaigh ngortaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gortuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 379

Further reading edit