beart
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IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Irish bert (“burden, load; bundle”), from Proto-Celtic *bertā.
NounEdit
beart m (genitive singular birt, nominative plural bearta)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- beartmhargadh (“package deal”)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Irish bert (“clothing, covering, clothes, attire, apparel; accoutrement”).
NounEdit
beart m, f (genitive singular birt, nominative plural bearta)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- ceannbheart (“headgear; helmet, headdress”)
- cíochbheart (“bra, brassiere”)
Etymology 3Edit
From Old Irish bert (“deed, exploit; feat, trick; effort, task; action, behaviour; move, play, game”)
NounEdit
beart m (genitive singular birt, nominative plural bearta)
- cast, move (in a game)
- shift, plan
- proceeding, action, transaction
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- claonbheart m (“crooked act; underhand trick”)
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
beart m (genitive singular bearta, nominative plural beartanna)
DeclensionEdit
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 5Edit
VerbEdit
beart (present analytic beartann, future analytic beartfaidh, verbal noun beartadh, past participle bearta)
- (transitive) Alternative form of beartaigh (“cast; poise, brandish; plan, contrive; consider; decide (upon)”)
ConjugationEdit
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
beart | bheart | mbeart |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- "beart" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 bert” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “beart” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “beart” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish bert, from Proto-Celtic *bertā.
NounEdit
beart f (genitive singular beairt or beirt, plural beartan)
Derived termsEdit
- ainbheart (“misdeed”)
- beart-chlò (“printing press”)
- droch-bheart (“vice, sin”)
MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
beart | bheart |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- “1 bert” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.