bert

See also: Bert, bērt, and bért

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛɻ̥ʈ]

Adverb

bert

1. only

Verb

bert

1. 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

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of ber

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲer͈t/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *bertā, derivative of *bereti (“to carry”).

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

1. 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.

2. (figurative) burden, weight (of grief, etc.)
3. clothing, covering, clothes, attire, apparel; accoutrement
4. deed, exploit; feat, trick; effort, task; action, behaviour; move, play (in a game), game

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bertL	beirtL	bertaH
Vocative	bertL	beirtL	bertaH
Accusative	beirtN	beirtL	bertaH
Genitive	beirteH	bertL	bertN
Dative	beirtL	bertaib	bertaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bertN	bertN	bertL, berta
Vocative	bertN	bertN	bertL, berta
Accusative	bertN	bertN	bertL, berta
Genitive	beirtL	bert	bertN
Dative	bertL	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

• abairt
• airbert
• atairbert
• comairbert
• compert
• cundubart
• díupart
• epert
• forbart
• frithbert
• idbart
• imbert
• tabairt
• tairbert

 

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·bert

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid

Verb

bert

1. third-person singular preterite relative of beirid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bert	bert pronounced with /v(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

1. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of berr

Adverb

bert

1. openly, clearly

References

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