TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
gorta1, m. (gs. ~). 1. Hunger, famine. Bliain ghorta, year of famine. Bheith ar an n~, to be starving, destitute. Bhí ~ orm, I was weak from hunger. Duine a chur do ghorta, i n~, to starve s.o.; to ruin s.o. Bás den ghorta, death from starvation. 2. Meanness, niggardliness. ~ a bheith ionat, to be mean, miserly. Ní ligfeadh an ~ dó é a dhéanamh, he was too stingy to do it. Ruidín ~, miserable little thing. (Var: f)
gorta2, s. (In phrase) De ghorta gharta = de dhoirte dhirte :doirte1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gorta agus ~, hunger and want.
~ gorta, famine soup-cauldron.
Gorta nó ~, feast or famine.
~ agus gorta, privation and hunger.
~ is gorta, pestilence and famine.
~ plá is gorta ar an tír, plague and famine swept through the land.
~ gorta, quaking-grass moor.