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
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:

As a feminine second-declension noun:

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:

As a feminine second-declension noun:

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English berth.

Noun

beart m (genitive singular bearta, nominative plural beartanna)

  1. (nautical) berth
Declension

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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beart bheart mbeart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
beart bheart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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