gorta

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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

Declension[edit]

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.

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Noun[edit]

gorta

  1. genitive singular of gort