beirt

See also: beírt

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish beirt (“pair, two (people)”), from bert (“burden, load; bundle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲɛɾˠtʲ/

Noun

beirt f (genitive singular beirte, nominative plural beirteanna) (triggers lenition (except of d, s, and t))

1. (a group of) two, a pair
   1. (of persons)

      Tá beirt deartháireacha agam. ― I have two brothers.

   2. (of things, without dependent noun)

      Tá beirt de chaoirigh bána sa ghort. ― There are a pair of white sheep in the field.

Usage notes

• Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings and the preposition de when referring to other things.

Declension

Declension of beirt

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative beirt beirteanna Vocative a bheirt a bheirteanna Genitive beirte beirteanna Dative beirt beirteanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bheirt na beirteanna Genitive na beirte na mbeirteanna Dative leis an mbeirt don bheirt leis na beirteanna

Related terms

• dhá/dá (“two”, non-personal)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beirt	bheirt	mbeirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 beirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

beirt f sg

1. genitive singular of beart

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
beirt	bheirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.