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)
- (intransitive) to brag
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə/
Noun
gorta m (genitive singular gorta, nominative plural gortaí)
- starvation
- Synonym: ocras
- famine
- an Gorta Mór ― the Great Famine
Declension
Declension of gorta
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- an Gorta Mór (“the Great Famine”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gorta | ghorta | ngorta |
| 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), “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
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