bert

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See also: Bert, bērt, and bért

Faroese

Pronunciation

Adverb

bert

  1. only

Verb

bert

  1. second-person singular present of bera

References

Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 115

Icelandic

Adjective

bert

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of ber

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *bertā, derivative of *bereti (“to carry”).

Cognate with the Gaulish source of Vulgar Latin berciolum (“cradle”), which is the source of French berceau and Catalan bressol.

Noun

bert f or n

  1. burden, load, bundle
    • c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 264
      Etar·scarfaider cach mbert corcai chuindfig fri cruithnecht.
      He will separate every bundle of tares from wheat.
  2. (figurative) burden, weight (of grief, etc.)
  3. clothing, covering, clothes, attire, apparel; accoutrement
  4. deed, exploit; feat, trick; effort, task; action, behaviour; move, play (in a game), game
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative bertL beirtL bertaH
vocative bertL beirtL bertaH
accusative beirtN beirtL bertaH
genitive beirteH bertL bertN
dative beirtL bertaib bertaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative bertN bertN bertL, berta
vocative bertN bertN bertL, berta
accusative bertN bertN bertL, berta
genitive beirtL bert bertN
dative bertL bertaib bertaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms

Bert is used to form the verbal nouns of most of the derivatives of beirid, instead of breth. All of these derivatives are feminine ā-stems.

Verbal nouns derived from bert
Descendants
  • Irish: beart
  • Scottish Gaelic: beart
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: bertach

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “ber-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·bert

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid

Verb

bert

  1. third-person singular preterite relative of beirid

Mutation

Mutation of bert
radical lenition nasalization
bert bert
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbert

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

Old Norse

Etymology

Neuter of berr.

Adjective

bert

  1. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of berr

Adverb

bert

  1. openly, clearly

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bert”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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