dòirt

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish do·fortai (“pours, pours out, sheds”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔːrˠʃtʲ/

Verb

dòirt (past dhòirt, future dòirtidh, verbal noun dòrtadh, past participle dòirte)

1. pour, rain, effuse, shower, drip, spill, stream, shed

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do-fortai”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language