beart

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See also: bèart

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bert (burden, load),[2] from Proto-Celtic *bertā.

Noun

beart m (genitive singular birt, nominative plural bearta)

  1. bundle
  2. parcel
  3. (commerce) lot
Declension
Declension of beart (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative beart ba
vocative a bhirt a bhearta
genitive birt beart
dative beart ba
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an beart na ba
genitive an bhirt na mbeart
dative leis an mbeart
don bheart
leis na ba
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bert (clothing, covering).

Noun

beart m (genitive singular birt, nominative plural bearta) or
beart f (genitive singular birte, nominative plural bearta)

  1. covering, garment
Declension

As a masculine first-declension noun:

Declension of beart (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative beart ba
vocative a bhirt a bhearta
genitive birt beart
dative beart ba
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an beart na ba
genitive an bhirt na mbeart
dative leis an mbeart
don bheart
leis na ba

As a feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of beart (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative beart bearta
vocative a bheart a bhearta
genitive birte beart
dative beart
birt (archaic, dialectal)
bearta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bheart na bearta
genitive na birte na mbeart
dative leis an mbeart
leis an mbirt (archaic, dialectal)
don bheart
don bhirt (archaic, dialectal)
leis na bearta
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Irish bert (deed, exploit).

Noun

beart m (genitive singular birt, nominative plural bearta) or
beart f (genitive singular birte, nominative plural bearta)

  1. cast, move (in a game)
  2. shift, plan
  3. proceeding, action, transaction
Declension

As a masculine first-declension noun:

Declension of beart (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative beart ba
vocative a bhirt a bhearta
genitive birt beart
dative beart ba
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an beart na ba
genitive an bhirt na mbeart
dative leis an mbeart
don bheart
leis na ba

As a feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of beart (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative beart bearta
vocative a bheart a bhearta
genitive birte beart
dative beart
birt (archaic, dialectal)
bearta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bheart na bearta
genitive na birte na mbeart
dative leis an mbeart
leis an mbirt (archaic, dialectal)
don bheart
don bhirt (archaic, dialectal)
leis na bearta
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English berth.

Noun

beart m (genitive singular bearta, nominative plural beartanna)

  1. (nautical) berth
Declension
Declension of beart (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative beart beartanna
vocative a bheart a bheartanna
genitive bearta beartanna
dative beart beartanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an beart na beartanna
genitive an bhearta na mbeartanna
dative leis an mbeart
don bheart
leis na beartanna

Etymology 5

Verb

beart (present analytic beartann, future analytic beartfaidh, verbal noun beartadh, past participle bearta)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of beartaigh (cast; poise, brandish; plan, contrive; consider; decide (upon))
Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of beart
radical lenition eclipsis
beart bheart mbeart

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bert (burden, load),[1] from Proto-Celtic *bertā.

Pronunciation

Noun

beart f (genitive singular beairt or beirt, plural beartan)

  1. deed, action
  2. fact
  3. instrument, device, machine
  4. sheath
  5. shroud (set of ropes)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of beart
radical lenition
beart bheart

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language