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gor.

to hatch, incubate, brood

3 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡɔɾˠ/Connacht, Munster/ɡɞɾˠ/Ulster
  1. to hatch, incubate, brood

  2. to warm, heat, burn

  3. to cause to blush

Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish guirid, from Proto-Celtic *gʷorīti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰoréyeti, causative of *gʷʰer- (“warm”).

noun/ɡɔɾˠ/Connacht, Munster/ɡɞɾˠ/Ulster
  1. incubation (sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young), the heat of incubation

    masculine
  2. broodiness (of hens etc.)

    masculine
  3. matter, pus

    masculine
  4. inflammation (medical condition)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish gor, from Proto-Celtic *gʷoros, a noun from the same root of the verb in Etymology 1 above.

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