Gort Mhòr

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Literally "the Great Famine," almost certainly a calque of Irish Gorta Mór.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ə ɣɔrˠʃt̪ voːɾ/

Noun

A' Ghort Mhòr f (genitive na Gorta Mòire)

  1. Year of the Potato Blight (1846)
    Synonym: Bliadhna a' Chnàmha (literally “Year of the Bone”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
Gort MhòrGhort Mhòr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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