sórt

See also: sort, sòrt, sört, and şort

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English sort.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠoːɾˠt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ʃɔːɾˠt̪ˠ/[2] (corresponding to the form seort)

Noun

sórt m (genitive singular sóirt, nominative plural sóirt)

  1. sort; kind, variety

Declension

Declension of sórt (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sórt sóirt
vocative a shóirt a shórta
genitive sóirt sórt
dative sórt sóirt
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sórt na sóirt
genitive an tsóirt na sórt
dative leis an sórt
don sórt
leis na sóirt

Derived terms

  • sórtáil (sort, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sórt
radical lenition eclipsis
sórt shórt
after an, tsórt
not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ sórt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 354, page 121

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “sórt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1090; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sórt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • svarðirweak

Verb

sórt

  1. second-person singular active past indicative of sverja