gortaigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish gortaigid (to salt, pickle; to hurt, injure), from Old Irish goirt (bitter, salty).

Pronunciation

Verb

gortaigh (present analytic gortaíonn, future analytic gortóidh, verbal noun gortú, past participle gortaithe)

  1. to hurt, injure

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of gortaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
gortaigh ghortaigh ngortaigh

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gortuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 379

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