birt

See also: bírt, BIRT, and Birt

English

Alternative forms

• bret, brut, burt

Etymology

From Middle English byrte; compare French bertonneau and English bret, burt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)t/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Homophones: Bert, Burt

Noun

birt (plural birts)

1. (UK, dialect, archaic) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.

References

• “birt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• trib, Brit-, Trib, trib., brit, Brit., Brit

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wirt, from Old High German *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz (“host”). Doublet of Sette Comuni dialect biart (“master, owner”). Cognate with German Wirt (“innkeeper”).

Noun

birt m

1. (Luserna) innkeeper

Derived terms

• birthaus

References

• “birt” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Irish

Noun

birt

1. genitive singular of beart m (“bundle; covering; cast”)
2. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of beart f (“covering; cast”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of birt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
birt	bhirt	mbirt

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

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German wirt, from Old High German *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz (“host”). Cognate with German Wirt.

Noun

birt m

1. innkeeper

Derived terms

• birtshaus

References

• “birt” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲir͈ʲtʲ/

Verb

birt

1. third-person singular preterite absolute of beirid

Related terms

• ·bert (conjunct)

Verb

·birt

1. second-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid

Old Norse

Adjective

birt

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of birgr

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian birt, from German Wirt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbirt/
• Rhymes: -irt

Noun

birt n (plural birturi)

1. diner, eatery

   Synonym: ospătărie

2. (Banat) pub, tavern

   Synonyms: bar, bodegă, cârciumă, crâșmă

3. (obsolete) inn

   Synonym: han

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	birt	birtul		birturi	birturile
genitive-dative	birt	birtului		birturi	birturilor
vocative	birtule			birturilor

Derived terms

• birtaș

Further reading

• birt in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)