birt

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See also: bírt, BIRT, and Birt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English byrte; compare French bertonneau and English bret, burt.

Pronunciation

Homophones: Bert, Burt

Noun

birt (plural birts)

  1. (UK, dialect, archaic) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.

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Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wirt, from Old High German *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz (“host”). Doublet of Sette Comuni dialect biart (“master, owner”). Cognate with German Wirt (“innkeeper”).

Noun

birt m

  1. (Luserna) innkeeper

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Irish

Noun

birt

  1. genitive singular of beart m (“bundle; covering; cast”)
  2. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of beart f (“covering; cast”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of birt
radical lenition eclipsis
birt bhirt mbirt

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

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German wirt, from Old High German *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz (“host”). Cognate with German Wirt.

Noun

birt m

  1. innkeeper

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

birt

  1. third-person singular preterite absolute of beirid

Verb

·birt

  1. second-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid

Old Norse

Adjective

birt

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of birgr

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian birt, from German Wirt.

Pronunciation

Noun

birt n (plural birturi)

  1. diner, eatery
    Synonym: ospătărie
  2. (Banat) pub, tavern[1]
    Synonyms: bar, bodegă, cârciumă, crâșmă
  3. (obsolete) inn
    Synonym: han

Declension

Declension of birt
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative birt birtul birturi birturile
genitive-dative birt birtului birturi birturilor
vocative birtule birturilor

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Maria Purdela Sitaru, editor (1987), Dicționarul subdialectului bănățean [Dictionary of the Banat subdialect], volume 3, University of Timișoara, page 184:
    Birt = crîșmă (Buchin). IZV. (1936), nr. 7–8, 292. Ib. (1937), nr. 7–8, 259. Birt =cîrciumă (Fibiș). SOC. ROM. 549. Unii-n vreo cocie goală au noroc să mearg-acasă, Alții-n birtul lui Ion Ceapă dorm grămadă pe sub masă. OANCEA, A. 21. Gruia-n birt dacă intra, Către Anița zicea… (Buchin). FL.(1972), 267… mă duc la birt. FRUMOSU, O. 48 …s-a dus la birt și s-a îmbătat de necaz. FABIAN, EU, 14. Birt = cîrciumă, bufet, crîșmă.Mă duc la birt să biau un primăr (1/2 dl) (Chișoda).

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