goirt

goirt

Irish

Alternative forms

• guirt (superseded) (both etymologies)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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.

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.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “goirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• 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
• Entries containing “goirt” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “goirt” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21

---

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

---

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”)