gorta

Icelandic

Etymology

Earliest attested in 1800's.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔr̥ta

Verb

gorta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gortaði, supine gortað)

1. (intransitive) to brag

   Synonyms: grobba, raupa, monta, skruma

Conjugation

gorta — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að gorta
supine (sagnbót)		gortað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		gortandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég gorta	við gortum	present (nútíð)	ég gorti	við gortum
	þú gortar	þið gortið		þú gortir	þið gortið
	hann, hún, það gortar	þeir, þær, þau gorta		hann, hún, það gorti	þeir, þær, þau gorti
past (þátíð)	ég gortaði	við gortuðum	past (þátíð)	ég gortaði	við gortuðum
	þú gortaðir	þið gortuðuð		þú gortaðir	þið gortuðuð
	hann, hún, það gortaði	þeir, þær, þau gortuðu		hann, hún, það gortaði	þeir, þær, þau gortuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	gorta (þú)	gortið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	gortaðu	gortiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Related terms

• gort (“boasting, bragging”)
• gortari (“boaster, braggart”)

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gorte, from goirt (“starved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

gorta m (genitive singular gorta, nominative plural gortaí)

1. starvation

   Synonym: ocras

2. famine

   an Gorta Mór ― the Great Famine

Declension

Declension of gorta (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gorta gortaí vocative a ghorta a ghortaí genitive gorta gortaí dative gorta gortaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gorta na gortaí genitive an ghorta na ngortaí dative leis an ngorta don ghorta leis na gortaí

Derived terms

• an Gorta Mór (“the Great Famine”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gorta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gorta	ghorta	ngorta

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gortae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “gorta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gorta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 378
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gorta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

gorta

1. genitive singular of gort