beirt
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See also: beírt
Irish
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Cardinal: dó Ordinal: dara, dóú Personal: beirt, dís Attributive: dhá |
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish beirt (“pair, two (people)”), from bert (“burden, load; bundle”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bʲɛɾˠtʲ/[2]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /bˠɞɾʲtʲ/[3] (as if spelled boirt)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /bʲɨ̞ɾˠtʲ/[4]
Noun
[edit]beirt f (genitive singular beirte, nominative plural beirteanna) (triggers lenition (except of d, s, and t))
- (a group of) two, a pair
- (of persons)
- Tá beirt deartháireacha agam.
- I have two brothers.
- Bhí filíocht ag an mbeirt.
- The two composed poetry.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 48:
- ə rug tøsə klȧn̄ riəv? rugəs, rug mḗ šešŕ̥, tā ḱǡŕ ȷīb agm̥, agəs kȧĺū bøŕc.
- [An rug tusa clann riamh? Rugas, rug mé seisear, tá ceathrar díobh agam, agus cailleadh beirt.]
- Did you ever have children? Yes, I had six, I have four [still] and two died.
- (of things, without dependent noun)
- Tá beirt de chaoirigh bhána sa ghort.
- There are a pair of white sheep in the field.
- (of persons)
Usage notes
[edit]- Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings and the preposition de when referring to other things. With pronouns, either de or ag may be used:
- Bhí an bheirt againn ann. ― Both of us were there.
- Fuair beirt díobh bás ina naíonáin. ― Two of them died in infancy.
Declension
[edit]Declension of beirt
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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See also
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 beirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 107, page 58
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 48
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 102, page 40
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “beirt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 64
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Noun
[edit]beirt f sg
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
beirt | bheirt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
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