bort

See also: Bort, bórt, bört, bőrt, and борть

English

Alternative forms

• boart
• boort

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Noun

bort (countable and uncountable, plural borts)

1. Poor-quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.
   • 1931, Business Week, Issues 82-94, page 25,

     Bits that would require 4 to 16 carbonadoes are now set with 40 to 80 borts.

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		борт
Abjad		بوْرت

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian борт (bort), from Dutch boord.

Noun

bort (definite accusative bortu, plural bortlar)

1. (nautical, aviation) board, side

Declension

Declension of bort
	singular	plural
nominative	bort	bortlar
definite accusative	bortu	bortları
dative	borta	bortlara
locative	bortda	bortlarda
ablative	bortdan	bortlardan
definite genitive	bortun	bortların

Possessive forms of bort
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bortum	bortlarım
sənin (“your”)	bortun	bortların
onun (“his/her/its”)	bortu	bortları
bizim (“our”)	bortumuz	bortlarımız
sizin (“your”)	bortunuz	bortlarınız
onların (“their”)	bortu or bortları	bortları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bortumu	bortlarımı
sənin (“your”)	bortunu	bortlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	bortunu	bortlarını
bizim (“our”)	bortumuzu	bortlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	bortunuzu	bortlarınızı
onların (“their”)	bortunu or bortlarını	bortlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bortuma	bortlarıma
sənin (“your”)	bortuna	bortlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	bortuna	bortlarına
bizim (“our”)	bortumuza	bortlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	bortunuza	bortlarınıza
onların (“their”)	bortuna or bortlarına	bortlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bortumda	bortlarımda
sənin (“your”)	bortunda	bortlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	bortunda	bortlarında
bizim (“our”)	bortumuzda	bortlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	bortunuzda	bortlarınızda
onların (“their”)	bortunda or bortlarında	bortlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bortumdan	bortlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	bortundan	bortlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	bortundan	bortlarından
bizim (“our”)	bortumuzdan	bortlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	bortunuzdan	bortlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	bortundan or bortlarından	bortlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bortumun	bortlarımın
sənin (“your”)	bortunun	bortlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	bortunun	bortlarının
bizim (“our”)	bortumuzun	bortlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	bortunuzun	bortlarınızın
onların (“their”)	bortunun or bortlarının	bortlarının

Further reading

• “bort” in Obastan.com.

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• boart, bört

Etymology

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”). Cognate with German Wort, English word.

Noun

bort n

1. (Sappada) word

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• bóart (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”). Cognate with German Wort, English word.

Noun

bort n (plural börtar)

1. (Luserna, Tredici Comuni) word

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Etymology

First known occurrence of the expression in the Czech language (16th century) was in the sense side (of a gutter or hole). From early Middle High German bord, bort ("side", especially of a ship; originally "a board", "a plank"). This comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbort]

Noun

bort m inan

1. (nautical) board, side of a ship [16th c.]

Declension

Declension of bort (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bort	borty
genitive	bortu	bortů
dative	bortu	bortům
accusative	bort	borty
vocative	borte	borty
locative	bortu	bortech
instrumental	bortem	borty

Related terms

• bortit

 

Further reading

• bort in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bort in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• torb

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse burt, brott, braut, originally an adverbial accusative of the noun braut (“way”). For the semantic development of the noun, compare English away, German weg (“away”) (hence Danish væk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ɒːd̥]

Adverb

bort

1. away, off (things, people that are in motion)

Synonyms

• væk

See also

• borte

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German borde, from Proto-Germanic *burdô (“rim, edging”), cognate with German Borte. Probably related to *burdą (“board”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥oɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

bort c (singular definite borten, plural indefinite borter)

1. border, edging, trimming
2. band, ribbon

Declension

Declension of bort

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bort	borten	borter	borterne
genitive	borts	bortens	borters	borternes

Hungarian

Etymology

bor +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbort]
• Hyphenation: bort

Noun

bort

1. accusative singular of bor

   Bort rendeltek. ― They ordered wine.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu.

Adverb

bort

1. away

   gå bort ― to pass away

   gifte bort sin datter ― give one's daughter away (in marriage)

Derived terms

• bortføre
• bortglemt
• bortimot
• bortkastet
• bortskjemt
• bortvise

 

Preposition

bort

1. away

Related terms

• borte

References

• “bort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu.

Pronunciation

• (Austlandet) IPA^(key): /buʈː/
• (Guttural R dialects) IPA^(key): /buʁt/
• (Trøndelag) IPA^(key): /buʂt/

Adverb

bort

1. away

   gå bort ― to pass away

Derived terms

• bortføra
• bortimot
• bortkomen
• bortskjemt

Preposition

bort

1. away

See also

• borte
• vekk

References

• “bort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, brott, braut.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adverb

bort

1. away, off

   Synonym: (colloquial) väck

   De seglade bort mot horisonten

   They sailed away towards the horizon

   Jag får inte bort fläcken

   I can't get the stain off

   Bort med dig!

   Away with you!

Derived terms

• gå bort

Verb

bort

1. supine of böra

See also

• borta

Further reading

• bort in Svensk ordbok.