gorm1, m. (gs. goirm). 1. Blue (colour). ~ (na)spéire, the blue of the sky. ~ féir, bluish-green colour of lush grass. ~ gréine, discoloration (of potatoes) from exposure to sunlight. 2. (a) Dyeing-blue. Pota an ghoirm, pot for boiling homespun in blue dye. (b) (Washing-)blue. Máilín goirm, blue-bag. 3. Her: Azure.
gorm2, a1. 1. Blue. (a)Dath ~, blue colour. Lasair ghorm, blue flame. Chomh ~ le plúirín, le mála an ghoirm, as blue as indigo, as a blue-bag. (b)(Of verdure) Bluish-green. Féar ~, blue(-green) grass. (c) Dark-blue, livid, purple. ~ san aghaidh, blue in the face. S.a. meall12(c).(d) Blue-tinted. Bláthach ghorm, bluish, inferior, buttermilk. (e)Her: Azure. (f)(Of person) Mean, stingy; cold. 2. Negro pej.Fear ~, negro pej.Na ciníocha ~a, the negro races pej.3. Lit: Noble, illustrious.