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famine in Irish

gorta

famine

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Additional definitions

  • starvation

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Tá an gorta sa tSúdáin ag dul in olcas.

The famine in Sudan is getting worse.B1

Forms & mutations Treigladau / Claochluithe

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Base form
gorta
Séimhiú
ghorta
Urú
ngorta
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