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tart

See also: Tart and tárt

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English tart, from Old English teart (“sharp, rough, severe”), from Proto-Germanic *tartaz (“rough, sharp, tearing”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, cleave”). Related to Dutch tarten (“to defy, challenge, mock”), German trotzen (“to defy, brave, mock”), German zart (“delicate, tender”), perhaps Albanian thartë (“sour, acid, sharp”).

AdjectiveEdit

tart (comparative tarter, superlative tartest)

  1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
    I ate a very tart apple.
  2. (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
  3. (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
    He gave me a very tart reply.
SynonymsEdit
  • (of wine: high in acidity): green
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Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English tart, tarte, from Old French tarte, tartre (“flat pastry”) (compare Medieval Latin tarta), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Old French torte, tourte, from Vulgar Latin *torta, from torta (“twisted”) panis (“bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”). Cognate to torta.

NounEdit

tart (plural tarts)

 
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  1. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
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Etymology 3Edit

From sweetheart or jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening

NounEdit

tart (plural tarts)

  1. (Britain, slang) A prostitute.
  2. (Britain, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
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VerbEdit

tart (third-person singular simple present tarts, present participle tarting, simple past and past participle tarted)

  1. To practice prostitution
  2. To practice promiscuous sex
  3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily
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DutchEdit

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tart

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tarten
  2. imperative of tarten

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

VerbEdit

tart

  1. (transitive) to keep (many different senses overlapping with English, see examples)
    Synonyms: őriz, megőriz
    (somewhere): A fontos papírokat a fiókban tartom. ― I keep the important documents in the drawer.
    (somehow): A hűtő hidegen tartja az ételt. ― The refrigerator keeps the food cold.
    (pet): Kutyát tart. ― S/he keeps a dog.
    (idiomatic): Tartja a szavát. ― He keeps his word. (i.e. a promise)
  2. (transitive) to hold
    Synonym: fog
    Könyvet tart a kezében. ― He holds a book in his hand.
  3. (transitive) to support (keep in the same place, withstanding its weight)
    Synonyms: támaszt, megtámaszt
    Antonym: elenged (to let go)
    A falak tartják a tetőt. ― The walls support the roof.
  4. (intransitive) to take up space or time, extend, to last (-tól/-től … -ig)
    Antonyms: végződik, véget ér (to end)
    (in time): Az előadás délig tart. ― The lecture goes on until noon. (The lecture ends at noon)
    (in space): A dugó a Petőfi utcától a Kossuth utcáig tart. ― The traffic jam extends from Petőfi Street up to Kossuth Street.
  5. (intransitive) momentarily describing whether a process is still in progress, and if yes how far it has gone
    A könyv elején tartok. ― I am at the beginning of the book.
    Tart még a film a tévében? ― Is the film still playing on TV?
  6. (intransitive) to esteem, deem, regard, think highly or poorly of (with -ra/-re)
  7. (intransitive) to head into a direction
    Synonym: megy
    Merre tartasz? ― Where are you headed?
  8. (intransitive) to fear (of someone or something -tól/-től)
    Synonym: fél
    Tartok a betörőktől. ― I'm afraid of burglars.
    • 1990, Róbert Hámori, Egérderby, Budapest: Eötvös Kiadó, →ISBN, OCLC 908924874, page 8:
      A dzsip a lépcsőháztól nem messze parkol, balra, ide tessékelnek be, a feszültség azért már oldódik, a rendőrök is érzik, tudják, nincs mitől tartaniuk, épp eléggé elfoglal engem a magam baja, nemhogy szökésre gondoljak.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  9. (intransitive, used with attól) to be afraid, to be regretful, to be sorry
    Synonym: sajnál
    Attól tartok, nem tudok ebben segíteni önnek/neked. ― I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter.
  10. (mathematics) to converge, have limit at (-hoz/-hez/-höz or -ba/-be)
    A sorozat 0-hoz tart. ― The sequence converges to 0.
ConjugationEdit
conjugation of tart
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indicative
mood 		Present Indefinite tartok tartasz tart tartunk tartotok tartanak
Definite tartom tartod tartja tartjuk tartjátok tartják
2nd-p. object tartalak ―
Past Indefinite tartottam tartottál tartott tartottunk tartottatok tartottak
Definite tartottam tartottad tartotta tartottuk tartottátok tartották
2nd-p. object tartottalak ―
Conditional
mood 		Present Indefinite tartanék tartanál tartana tartanánk tartanátok tartanának
Definite tartanám tartanád tartaná tartanánk tartanátok tartanák
2nd-p. object tartanálak ―
Subjunctive
mood 		Present Indefinite tartsak tarts or
tartsál 		tartson tartsunk tartsatok tartsanak
Definite tartsam tartsd or
tartsad 		tartsa tartsuk tartsátok tartsák
2nd-p. object tartsalak ―
Infinitive tartani tartanom tartanod tartania tartanunk tartanotok tartaniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms 		Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
tartás tartó tartott tartandó tartva tarthat
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Compound words

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Expressions

Etymology 2Edit

tar (“bald”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

AdjectiveEdit

tart

  1. accusative singular of tar

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish tart, from Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tart m (genitive singular tarta)

  1. thirst
    Tá tart orm. ― I am thirsty. (literally, “Thirst is on me.”)
    Chuir an liamhás tart air. ― The ham made him thirsty. (literally, “The ham put thirst on him.”)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tart

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative tart
Vocative a thart
Genitive tarta
Dative tart

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an tart
Genitive an tarta
Dative leis an tart

don tart

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tart thart dtart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English teart, from Proto-Germanic *tartaz.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tart (rare)

  1. Sour, tart; having much acidity.
  2. (Early Middle English) Acute, keen; showing sharpness.
DescendantsEdit
  • English: tart, teart
  • Scots: tairt
ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old French tarte.

NounEdit

tart

  1. Alternative form of tarte

Old FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tarde)

  1. late (after the end of a given period)

AdverbEdit

tart

  1. late (after the end of a given period)

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DescendantsEdit

Old IrishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tart m (genitive tarta)

  1. thirst
InflectionEdit
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tart tartL tartae
Vocative tart tartL tartu
Accusative tartN tartL tartu
Genitive tartoH, tartaH tarto, tarta tartaeN
Dative tartL tartaib tartaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
DescendantsEdit

MutationEdit

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

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

·tart

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir

MutationEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tart

  1. genitive plural of tarta
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