tart

See also: Tart, tárt, and tärt

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɑɹt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɑːt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• (of wine: high in acidity): green

Derived terms

• tarten
• tartness

Translations

with sharp taste, sour

• Armenian: տտիպ (hy) (ttip)
• Azerbaijani: turş (az)
• Bulgarian: тръпчив (bg) (trǎpčiv)
• Czech: trpký (cs), kyselý (cs)
• Danish: syrlig
• Dutch: wrang (nl), zuur (nl)
• Estonian: kirbe, hapukas
• Finnish: kirpeä (fi), hapan (fi)
• French: amer (fr), mordant (fr)
• Galician: áspero, acerbo (gl)
• Gallurese: agracciu, agritzu
• Georgian: მწკლარტე (mc̣ḳlarṭe)
• German: sauer (de), herb (de)
• Hungarian: fanyar (hu)
• Ingrian: kirmiä
• Italian: acido (it), aspro (it)
• Latin: acidus (la)
• Old Church Slavonic: кꙑсѣлъ (kysělŭ)
• Ottoman Turkish: اكشی (ekşi), حامض (hamız)
• Persian: ترش (fa) (torš), زست (zost)
• Polish: cierpki (pl)
• Portuguese: azedo (pt)
• Russian: те́рпкий (ru) (térpkij), е́дкий (ru) (jédkij), ки́слый (ru) (kíslyj) (sour)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: argu, aspru, bruscu, rasposu

  Logudorese: arraulàdu, aspidu, argu, rasposu, aspru, bruscu

• Sassarese: àipru
• Scottish Gaelic: goirt
• Spanish: ácido (es), amargo (es), acescente (es)
• Swedish: sur (sv), kärv (sv)
• Turkish: kekre (tr), buruk (tr)

high or too high in acidity (of wine)

• Bulgarian: кисел (bg) (kisel)
• Czech: kyselý (cs)
• Estonian: hapu, äädikane
• German: sauer (de), säuerlich (de)

sharp (figuratively)

• Bulgarian: хаплив (bg) (hapliv), язвителен (bg) (jazvitelen)
• Czech: kousavý (cs), ostrý (cs), jedovatý (cs), jízlivý (cs)
• Estonian: terav, kibe (et), lõikav
• Finnish: terävä (fi), pisteliäs (fi)
• German: scharf (de)
• Italian: aspro (it), tagliente (it)
• Russian: ре́зкий (ru) (rézkij), е́дкий (ru) (jédkij)
• Turkish: buruk (tr)

Etymology 2

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 Latin turta, perhaps from tŏrta f (“twisted”), in which case it would be cognate to torta.

Noun

tart (plural tarts)

1. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
2. A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).

Derived terms

• Bakewell tart
• Banbury tart
• butter tart
• chess tart
• custard tart
• egg custard tart
• egg tart
• gooseberry tart
• gypsy tart
• kueh tart
• kuih tart
• Linzer tart
• maid-of-honor tart
• maid of honor tart
• maid-of-honour tart
• Maid of Honour tart
• maid of honour tart
• maids of honour tart
• Manchester tart
• neenish tart
• pineapple tart
• raspberry tart
• snake tart
• taffety tart
• tart ring
• treacle tart

Related terms

• tort
• torta
• torte
• torture

Descendants

• → Cantonese: 撻 / 挞 (taat¹)

Translations

open-topped pie or pastry

• Bulgarian: плодова пита f (plodova pita), пай (bg) m (paj)
• Catalan: pastís (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 撻 / 挞 (yue) (taat¹)

  Mandarin: 撻 / 挞 (zh) (tà)

• Czech: koláček (cs) m, dortík m
• Dutch: taart (nl) f
• Estonian: tort (et), kook (et)
• Finnish: torttu (fi), leivos (fi), piirakka (fi)
• French: tarte (fr), tartelette (fr)
• German: Tarte (de) f, Törtchen (de) n
• Greek: τάρτα (el) f (tárta)
• Ido: tarto (io)
• Indonesian: tar (id)
• Italian: torta (it) (cake), crostata (it)
• Japanese: タルト (ja) (taruto)
• Korean: 타르트 (tareuteu)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: tat (ms), tart
• Persian: تارت (târt)
• Polish: tarta (pl) f
• Portuguese: torta (pt) f (Brazil), tarte f (Portugal)
• Romanian: tartă (ro) f
• Russian: пиро́г (ru) m (piróg), тарт (ru) m (tart)
• Scottish Gaelic: pithean m
• Spanish: tarta (es) f, tartaleta f
• Turkish: turta (tr), tart (tr) (rare)

Etymology 3

From a rebracketing of sweetheart, or from jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening.

Noun

tart (plural tarts)

1. (British, slang) A prostitute.
2. (British, slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.
   • 1950, Roy E. Blick (police inspector), testimony before the United States Congress‎^[1]:

     We know the majority of the places that these tarts will hang out at.

   • 2013 November 13, “Costa Concordia captain's mistress reveals late night sex sessions in cabin before doomed cruise liner sank”, in Daily Mirror‎^[2]:

     She told the Sun: "I'm talked about as an 'easy girl', the 'blonde slut' who distracted the captain and caused the crash. It's so wrong. I'm not some little tart."

Synonyms

• (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute
• (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Derived terms

• card tart
• cart tart
• credit card tart
• rate tart
• tart card
• tartlet

Translations

prostitute

• Bulgarian: проститу́тка (bg) f (prostitútka)
• Catalan: puta (ca), bagassa (ca), bandarra (ca)
• Czech: prostitutka (cs) f
• Estonian: hoor, lõbutütruk, pordueit, pordik, lõbupoiss, prost, prostituut, liiderdaja
• Finnish: ilotyttö (fi), huora (fi)
• French: putain (fr), pute (fr)
• German: Hure (de) f, Prostituierte (de) f
• Greek: πουτάνα (el) f (poutána)
• Hungarian: prostituált (hu)
• Italian: puttana (it) f, prostituta (it) f
• Norwegian: prostituert (no), hore (no)
• Portuguese: prostituta (pt) f
• Russian: проститу́тка (ru) f (prostitútka)
• Scottish Gaelic: siùrsach f, strìopach (gd) f
• Spanish: puta (es) f
• Swedish: hora (sv) c
• Turkish: fahişe (tr)
• Urdu: طوائف (tvāf)

woman with loose sexual morals

• Bulgarian: курва (bg) f (kurva)
• Catalan: marcolfa (ca), marfanta (ca)
• Czech: coura (cs) f, běhna (cs) f
• Estonian: libu, lits, lirva, lita, lidu, ell (et), madrats (et), sängutaja, litsmees, litsnaine, vedur
• Finnish: lumppu (fi), lunttu (fi), huora (fi)
• French: salope (fr)
• German: Schlampe (de) f, Flittchen (de) n
• Greek: τσούλα (el) f (tsoúla)
• Hungarian: ringyó (hu), ribanc (hu)
• Italian: donnaccia f
• Norwegian: hore (no), tøs (no) (slang)
• Portuguese: vadia (pt) f
• Russian: шлю́ха (ru) f (šljúxa), блядь (ru) f (bljadʹ), потаску́ха (ru) f (potaskúxa), ку́рва (ru) f (kúrva), шала́ва (ru) f (šaláva)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgliùrach f, luid f
• Spanish: guarra (es) (Spain), pelandusca (es) (Spain), zorra (es) f (Spain)
• Swedish: slampa (sv) c
• Turkish: sürtük (tr)

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• pop tart (slang)
• tart up

Anagrams

• Trat, trat, attr

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑrt

Verb

tart

1. inflection of tarten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒrt]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒrt

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tarttɜ- (“to cling to, stick to, get caught”), compare Proto-Finnic *tarttudak (“to stick, adhere; grab, seize”).

Verb

tart

1. (heading) To force someone or something to remain in place or in position by counteracting another force.
   1. (transitive) to hold, keep (with locative suffixes or lative suffixes)

      Synonym: fog

      Könyvet tart a kezében. ― He holds a book in his hand.

   2. (transitive) to support (keep in the same place, withstanding its weight)

      Synonyms: támaszt, megtámaszt, megtart

      Antonym: elenged (“to let go”)

      A falak tartják a tetőt. ― The walls support the roof.

   3. (transitive) to keep, keep up, preserve, retain (to hold something in the same status or condition, not letting it change or cease)

      Synonyms: őriz, megőriz

      A hűtő hidegen tartja az ételt. ― The refrigerator keeps the food cold.

      Tartja az iramot. ― He/she/it keeps up the pace.

   4. (transitive) to keep (not give up or relinquish)

      Synonyms: őriz, megőriz, megtart

      Tudsz titkot tartani? ― Can you keep a secret?

   5. (transitive) to keep back, hold back, hinder, detain, retain (optionally with locative suffixes)

      Synonyms: tartóztat, marasztal, hátráltat, akadályoz, gátol, visszatart, visszafog, visszafojt, elfog, megállít

   6. (transitive) to keep, observe, follow (rule, obligation, custom, tradition, or ritual)

      Synonyms: követ, betart, megtart, igazodik

   7. (transitive) to keep (to remain faithful to a given promise, word, bet or wager)

      Synonyms: betart, megtart

      (idiomatic): Tartja a szavát. ― He keeps his word. (i.e. a promise)

   8. (transitive) to keep, maintain, cultivate, foster, harbor, nurse, nurture, cherish (relationship with any acquaintance, familial relations, or bad feelings, grudge towards someone)

      Synonyms: fenntart, ápol, táplál

2. (heading) To provide some person or another being with a place to stay or a way of life, supplying them, or to keep, own something temporarily somewhere.
   1. (transitive) to employ, hire, keep, have (someone for regular service)

      Synonyms: alkalmaz, foglalkoztat

      Bejárónőt tart. ― S/he employs a daily help.

   2. (transitive) to keep, raise, farm (a pet or other animal)

      Synonyms: gondoz, gondoskodik

      Kutyát tart. ― S/he keeps a dog.

   3. (transitive) to keep, store (to hold something in the same place; with locative suffixes)

      Synonyms: tárol (“to store”), őriz (“to guard”), eltesz

      A fontos papírokat a fiókban tartom. ― I keep the important documents in the drawer.

3. (heading) To perform an action that takes some time.
   1. (transitive) to have, hold, give, conduct, perform (a lecture, performance, presentation, meeting, etc.; on something: -ról/-ről)

      Synonyms: rendez, szervez

   2. (transitive) to take (a break)

      szünetet tart ― to take a break

4. (heading) To believe, deem, consider.
   1. (transitive) to find, think, deem, consider, regard something (with -nak/-nek)

      Synonyms: gondol, vél, lát, ítél, tekint

      Ezt az ötletet jónak tartom. ― I think this is a good idea. (literally, “I find this idea good.”)

      Saját felelősségemnek tartom. ― I consider it (as) my own responsibility

   2. (transitive) to esteem, deem, regard, think highly or poorly of (with -ra/-re)

      Synonyms: becsül, értékel

      Sokra tartom ezt az embert. ― I highly think of this person.

5. (heading) To go on for a certain time, to extend to a certain limit.
   1. (intransitive, of some program, event etc.) to last, continue, go on, to be in progress (used with -tól/-től … -ig)

      Synonyms: folyik, zajlik

      Antonyms: befejeződik, végződik, véget ér (“to end”), megszakad, félbeszakad (“to be interrupted”)

      Az előadás délig tart. ― The lecture goes on until noon. (The lecture ends at noon)

      Tart még a film a tévében? ― Is the film still playing on TV?

   2. (intransitive) to take up space, extend

      Synonyms: ér, terjed

      A dugó a Petőfi utcától a Kossuth utcáig tart. ― The traffic jam extends from Petőfi Street up to Kossuth Street.

7. (heading) To be somewhere in a progress or to go somewhere.
   1. (intransitive) to be at, to have got(ten) to some point (while proceeding, momentarily describing how far a process has gone; used with locative suffixes)

      Synonyms: van, áll, jut(ott)

      A könyv elején tartok. ― I am at the beginning of the book.

      Hol tartasz a munkával? ― How far have you got with your work?

   2. (intransitive, slightly literary) to head to some direction, to be bound somewhere (with lative suffixes)

      Synonyms: megy, halad, (of a road, path, etc.) vezet

      Merre tartasz? ― Where are you headed?

   3. (intransitive, slightly literary) to join or accompany someone (with -val/-vel)

      Synonyms: megy, jön, csatlakozik

      Velünk tartasz? ― Will you join us?

   4. (intransitive, mathematics) to converge, have limit at (-hoz/-hez/-höz or -ba/-be)

      Synonym: konvergál

      A sorozat 0-hoz tart. ― The sequence converges to 0.

8. (heading) To be afraid of or sorry about something.
   1. (intransitive) to fear, to be afraid or apprehensive (of someone or something -tól/-től)

      Synonyms: fél, aggódik

      Tartok a betörőktől. ― I’m afraid of burglars.

      • 1990, Róbert Hámori, Egérderby, Budapest: Eötvös Kiadó, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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 quotation)

   2. (intransitive, construed with attól) to be afraid, to be regretful, to be sorry

      Synonyms: sajnál, restell

      Attól tartok, nem tudok ebben segíteni önnek/neked. ― I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tart

Click for archaic forms			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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	tartok	tartasz	tart	tartunk	tartotok	tartanak
			def.	tartom	tartod	tartja	tartjuk	tartjátok	tartják
			2nd obj	tartalak
		past	indef.	tartottam	tartottál	tartott	tartottunk	tartottatok	tartottak
			def.	tartottam	tartottad	tartotta	tartottuk	tartottátok	tartották
			2nd obj	tartottalak
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. tartani fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	tarték	tartál	tarta	tartánk	tartátok	tartának
		def.	tartám	tartád	tartá	tartánk	tartátok	tarták
		2nd obj	tartálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tart vala, tartott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	tartandok	tartandasz	tartand	tartandunk	tartandotok	tartandanak
	def.	tartandom	tartandod	tartandja	tartandjuk	tartandjátok	tartandják
	2nd obj	tartandalak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	tartanék	tartanál	tartana	tartanánk	tartanátok	tartanának
		def.	tartanám	tartanád	tartaná	tartanánk (or tartanók)	tartanátok	tartanák
		2nd obj	tartanálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tartott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	tartsak	tarts or tartsál	tartson	tartsunk	tartsatok	tartsanak
			def.	tartsam	tartsd or tartsad	tartsa	tartsuk	tartsátok	tartsák
			2nd obj	tartsalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tartott légyen
infinitive	tartani		tartanom	tartanod	tartania	tartanunk	tartanotok	tartaniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	tartás		tartó	tartott	tartandó	tartva (tartván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of tart

Click for archaic forms			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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	tarthatok	tarthatsz	tarthat	tarthatunk	tarthattok	tarthatnak
			def.	tarthatom	tarthatod	tarthatja	tarthatjuk	tarthatjátok	tarthatják
			2nd obj	tarthatlak
		past	indef.	tarthattam	tarthattál	tarthatott	tarthattunk	tarthattatok	tarthattak
			def.	tarthattam	tarthattad	tarthatta	tarthattuk	tarthattátok	tarthatták
			2nd obj	tarthattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	tarthaték	tarthatál	tarthata	tarthatánk	tarthatátok	tarthatának
		def.	tarthatám	tarthatád	tarthatá	tarthatánk	tarthatátok	tarthaták
		2nd obj	tarthatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tarthat vala, tarthatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	tarthatandok or tartandhatok	tarthatandasz or tartandhatsz	tarthatand or tartandhat	tarthatandunk or tartandhatunk	tarthatandotok or tartandhattok	tarthatandanak or tartandhatnak
	def.	tarthatandom or tartandhatom	tarthatandod or tartandhatod	tarthatandja or tartandhatja	tarthatandjuk or tartandhatjuk	tarthatandjátok or tartandhatjátok	tarthatandják or tartandhatják
	2nd obj	tarthatandalak or tartandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	tarthatnék	tarthatnál	tarthatna	tarthatnánk	tarthatnátok	tarthatnának
		def.	tarthatnám	tarthatnád	tarthatná	tarthatnánk (or tarthatnók)	tarthatnátok	tarthatnák
		2nd obj	tarthatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tarthatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	tarthassak	tarthass or tarthassál	tarthasson	tarthassunk	tarthassatok	tarthassanak
			def.	tarthassam	tarthasd or tarthassad	tarthassa	tarthassuk	tarthassátok	tarthassák
			2nd obj	tarthassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tarthatott légyen
infinitive	(tarthatni)		(tarthatnom)	(tarthatnod)	(tarthatnia)	(tarthatnunk)	(tarthatnotok)	(tarthatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	tartható			tarthatatlan		(tarthatva / tarthatván)

Derived terms

• tartalék
• tartalom
• tartam
• tartály
• tartás
• tarthatatlan
• tartható
• tartogat
• tartomány
• tartó
• tartós
• tartózik (obsolete) → tartóztat

Compound words

• jóltart
• karbantart
• nyilvántart

(With verbal prefixes):

• áttart
• betart
• eltart
• előretart
• feltart
• fenntart
• idetart
• kitart
• megtart
• odatart
• összetart
• rátart
• széttart
• visszatart

Expressions

• becsben tart
• észben tart
• féken tart
• fogva tart
• lépést tart
• sakkban tart
• szemmel tart
• tartja a szavát
• titokban tart

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

tart

1. accusative singular of tar

Further reading

• tart in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑɾˠt̪ˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠaɾˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

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.”)

Declension

Declension of tart (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative tart vocative a thart genitive tarta dative tart forms with the definite article singular nominative an tart genitive an tarta dative leis an tart don tart

Mutation

Mutated forms of tart

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tart	thart	dtart

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tart”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 722
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) teart
• tarte, terte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tart/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /tɛːrt/

Adjective

tart (rare)

1. Sour, tart; having much acidity.
2. (Early Middle English) Acute, keen; showing sharpness.

Descendants

• English: tart, teart
• Scots: tairt

References

• “tart, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-25.

Etymology 2

Noun

tart

1. Alternative form of tarte

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tartr. Doublet of tert.

Noun

tart m (definite singular tarten, indefinite plural tarter, definite plural tartene)

1. (zoology) a small salmon

   Synonym: svele

References

• “tart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ratt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tartr. Doublet of tert.

Noun

tart m (definite singular tarten, indefinite plural tartar, definite plural tartane)

1. (zoology) a small salmon

   Synonyms: silung, svelung, svele

References

• “tart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ratt

Old French

Adjective

tart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tarde)

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

Adverb

tart

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

Related terms

• tarder

Descendants

• French: tard

Old Irish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tar͈t/

Noun

tart m (genitive tarta)

1. thirst

Inflection

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

Descendants

• Irish: tart
• Scottish Gaelic: tart
• Manx: taart

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tar͈d/

Verb

·tart

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

Mutation

Mutation of tart

radical	lenition	nasalization
·tart	·thart	·tart pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Norse

Noun

tart

1. accusative singular indefinite of tartr m

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtart/
• Rhymes: -art
• Syllabification: tart

Noun

tart

1. genitive plural of tarta