bert
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Faroese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
bert
Verb[edit]
bert
References[edit]
Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 115
Icelandic[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bert
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *bertā, derivative of *bereti (“to carry”).[1]
Cognate with the Gaulish source of Vulgar Latin berciolum (“cradle”), which is the source of French berceau and Catalan bressol.
Noun[edit]
bert f or n
- 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.
- 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
- (figurative) burden, weight (of grief, etc.)
- clothing, covering, clothes, attire, apparel; accoutrement
- deed, exploit; feat, trick; effort, task; action, behaviour; move, play (in a game), game
Inflection[edit]
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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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:
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Neuter o-stem | |||
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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:
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Derived terms[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
·bert
- third-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid
Verb[edit]
bert
- third-person singular preterite relative of beirid
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bert | bert pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbert |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Neuter of berr.
Adjective[edit]
bert
Adverb[edit]
bert
References[edit]
- “bert”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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