goirt

Irish

Alternative forms

• guirt (superseded) (both etymologies)

Pronunciation

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

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

	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

Declension of goirt

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

Irish mutation
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

1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, 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

Old 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

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt͡ʃʲ/

Adjective

goirt (comparative goirte)

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

Derived terms

• uachdar goirt (“sour cream”)