Focal an Lae #60
The Word of the Day in Irish
Word: tart (TAHRT)
Meaning: tart = thirst
Usage:
- An bhfuil tart ort? (uh will TAHRT ort) = Are you thirsty? (lit., is thirst on-you?)
- Chuir an obair tart orm. (XWIHR uhn O-bwihr TAHRT O-ruhm) = The work made me thirsty. (lit., put the work thirst on-me)
History: Old Irish “tart” comes from Common Celtic *tars-tu-, from Indo-European *trs-t-,
the suffixed zero-grade of the root *ters- (to dry).
Other Irish words from this root are “tír” (land) and “tirim” (dry).
English “thirst” is a cognate.
Scottish Gaelic: tart, although this has been largely supplanted by “pathadh”