bert

See also: Bert, bērt, and bért

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɛɻ̥ʈ]

Adverb

bert

only

Verb

bert

second-person singular present of bera

References

Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 115

Icelandic

Adjective

bert

neuter nominative/accusative singular of ber

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʲer͈t/

Etymology 1

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

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.
(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

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bert^L	beirt^L	berta^H
Vocative	bert^L	beirt^L	berta^H
Accusative	beirt^N	beirt^L	berta^H
Genitive	beirte^H	bert^L	bert^N
Dative	beirt^L	bertaib	bertaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bert^N	bert^N	bert^L, berta
Vocative	bert^N	bert^N	bert^L, berta
Accusative	bert^N	bert^N	bert^L, berta
Genitive	beirt^L	bert	bert^N
Dative	bert^L	bertaib	bertaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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

Irish: beart
Scottish Gaelic: beart
⇒ Middle Irish: bertach
- Irish: beartach

References

^ 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·bert

third-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid

Verb

bert

third-person singular preterite relative of beirid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bert	bert pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbert
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Etymology

Neuter of berr.

Adjective

bert

positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of berr

Adverb

bert

openly, clearly

References

“bert”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “ber-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

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