Gort (letter)
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Contains special characters|Ogham}}
{{Table Oghamletters}}
Gort is the Irish name of the twelfth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚌ, meaning "field", which is related to Welsh garth 'garden' and Latin hortus. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *gher-, *ghort- 'to enclose, enclosure'. Its phonetic value is [ɡ].{{Cite book|title=A guide to Ogam|last=McManus, Damian.|date=1991|publisher=An Sagart|isbn=1-870684-17-6|location=Maynooth|oclc=24181838}}
Bríatharogam
In the medieval kennings, called Bríatharogaim or Word Ogham, the verses associated with gort are:
- milsiu féraib - "sweetest grass" in the Bríatharogam Morann mic Moín
- ined erc - "suitable place for cows" in the Bríatharogam Mac ind Óc
- sásad ile - "sating of multitudes" in the Bríatharogam Con Culainn.{{Cite journal|last=McManus|first=Damian|date=1988|title=Irish Letter-Names and Their Kennings|journal=Ériu|volume=39|pages=127–168|jstor=30024135}}