birt

See also: bírt, BIRT, and Birt

English

Alternative forms

• bret, brut, burt

Etymology

From Middle English byrte; compare French bertonneau and English bret, burt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)t/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Homophones: Bert, Burt

Noun

birt (plural birts)

1. (UK, dialect, archaic) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.

References

• “birt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• trib, Brit-, Trib, trib., brit, Brit., Brit

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wirt, from Old High German *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz (“host”). Doublet of Sette Comuni dialect biart (“master, owner”). Cognate with German Wirt (“innkeeper”).

Noun

birt m

1. (Luserna) innkeeper

Derived terms

• birthaus

References

• “birt” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
• 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

Irish

Noun

birt

1. genitive singular of beart m (“bundle; covering; cast”)
2. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of beart f (“covering; cast”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
birt	bhirt	mbirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German wirt, from Old High German *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz (“host”). Cognate with German Wirt.

Noun

birt m

1. innkeeper

Derived terms

• birtshaus

References

• “birt” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲir͈ʲtʲ/

Verb

birt

1. third-person singular preterite absolute of beirid

Related terms

• ·bert (conjunct)

Verb

·birt

1. second-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid

Old Norse

Adjective

birt

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of birgr

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian birt, from German Wirt.

Noun

birt n (plural birturi)

1. diner, eatery
2. (dated) inn

Declension

Declension of birt

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) birt	birtul	(niște) birturi	birturile
genitive/dative	(unui) birt	birtului	(unor) birturi	birturilor
vocative	birtule		birturilor