goirt

Irish

Alternative forms

• guirt (superseded) (both etymologies)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡʌɾˠtʲ/^[1]
• IPA^(key): /ɡɔɾˠtʲ/, /ɡiɾˠtʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).^[2]

Adjective

goirt (genitive singular feminine goirte, plural goirte, comparative goirte)

1. salty, bitter, brackish
2. painful

Declension

Declension of goirt

	singular		plural (m/f)
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

• goirteog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

goirt m

1. inflection of gort:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of goirt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
goirt	ghoirt	ngoirt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21
2. 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

• 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

Etymology

From 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

• IPA^(key): [ɡor͈ʲtʲ]

Adjective

goirt

1. bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen
2. hungry, starved

Derived terms

• gorte

Descendants

• Irish: goirt
• Manx: gort
• Scottish Gaelic: goirt

Mutation

Mutation of goirt

radical	lenition	nasalization
goirt	goirt pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngoirt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “gʷero”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 146
2. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “goirt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

From Old Irish goirt (“bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɔːrˠs̪t̪/, [ɡ̥ɔʂʈ]^[1][2]
• (Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, Skye) IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɔːrˠʃtʲ/, [ɡ̥ɔʂtʲ]^[3]
• (South Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɔːrˠʃtʲ/, [ɡ̥ɔɕtʲ]^[4]

Adjective

goirt (comparative goirte)

1. sore
2. sour, tart, acidulous
3. stale

Derived terms

• uachdar goirt (“sour cream”)

References

1. Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
2. Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
3. Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
4. Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap