goirt
Irish
editAlternative forms
edit- guirt (superseded) (both etymologies)
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).[2]
Adjective
editgoirt (genitive singular feminine goirte, plural goirte, comparative goirte)
Declension
editDeclension of goirt
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editgoirt m
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “goirt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “goirt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editgoirt
Derived terms
editDescendants
editMutation
editOld 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- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “goirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgoirt (comparative goirte)
Derived terms
edit- uachdar goirt (“sour cream”)
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- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
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