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Dutch
Etymology
Variant of grut.
Pronunciation
Noun
gort m (uncountable)
- pearl barley
- grit
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
gort
- second-person plural preterite of gären
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
gort n (genitive singular gorts, no plural)
- boasting, bragging
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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish gort, from Proto-Celtic *gortos (compare Welsh garth), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure, yard”) (compare Latin hortus, Old English geard). Doublet of garraí.
Noun
gort m (genitive singular goirt, nominative plural goirt)
- field
- (in phrases) orchard
- (standing) crop
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Etymology 2
Noun
gort m (genitive singular goirt)
- (literary) ivy
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Eclipsis
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gort
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ghort
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ngort
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish gorte, from goirt (“starved”). Cognate with Irish gorta.
Noun
gort f (genitive singular gorta, plural gortan)
- famine
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
gort f (genitive singular gorta)
- (archaic) ivy
- (obsolete) the letter G in the Ogham alphabet
References
Etymology 3
From Old Irish gort, from Proto-Celtic *gortos (compare Welsh garth), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure, yard”) (compare Latin hortus, Old English geard). Doublet of gàrradh.
Noun
gort m (genitive singular goirt, plural goirt)
- (Islay) field
- Synonyms: achadh, pàirc, raon
- enclosure
- (standing) crop
References
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gort”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
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gort |
ghort
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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