ert
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-Germanic *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erdi-, *h₂erd- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Verb edit
ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle erting, simple past and past participle erted)
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To incite; urge on; encourage.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To irritate; grill; provoke.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To be eager, prone; hurry.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To make as if to strike; argue (with); strive after; try to obtain.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To strive onward and upward.
Derived terms edit
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *erctus, equivalent of Latin ērectus. Doublet of erecte, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ert (feminine erta, masculine plural erts, feminine plural ertes)
Further reading edit
- “ert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ert, est. Cognate with Icelandic ert, Swedish äst.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ert
- (you) are, second-person present singular of vera (to be)
- tú ert vøkur ― you (f) are beautiful
- tú ert vakur ― you (m) are beautiful
- ert tú giftur? ― are you (m) married?
- ert tú gift? ― are you (f) married?
- ert tú ...? ― are you ...?
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ert, est. Akin to Old English eart (English thou art), Swedish äst.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ert
- you are, second-person of vera (meaning "to be")
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Ladin edit
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Noun edit
ert m (plural erc)
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
ert
- Alternative form of art: second-person singular present of been (“to be”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
- Alternative form of herte (“heart”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ertr (“feminine plural”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ert f or m (definite singular erta or erten, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ertr f pl, from Proto-Germanic *arwīts (“pea”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ert f (definite singular erta, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
ert
Old Norse edit
Verb edit
ert
Descendants edit
Some from older variant est.
Scots edit
Verb edit
ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle ertin, simple past ertit, past participle ertit)
- Alternative form of airt (“to incite”)
References edit
- “ert, v. tr.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Swedish edit
Pronoun edit
ert
Declension edit
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
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common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |