Gort Mhòr

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

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Gàidhealtachd na h-Èireann ann an 1871. Bha mòran sgìrean eile Ghàidhealach ann an 1851.

Etymology[edit]

Literally "the Great Famine," almost certainly a calque of Irish Gorta Mór.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ə ɣɔrˠʃt̪ voːɾ/

Noun[edit]

A' Ghort Mhòr f (genitive na Gorta Mòire)

  1. Year of the Potato Blight (1846)
    Synonym: Bliadhna a' Chnàmha (literally Year of the Bone)

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
Gort Mhòr Ghort Mhòr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.