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birta

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See also: Birta and bírta

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Back-formation from britar (to crush, to break).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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birta f (plural birtas)

  1. ditch opened in a field or meadow (for evenly distributing water)
    Synonym: talla
  2. path in the snow
  3. a plot of land, usually enclosed and occupied by trees and bushes
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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse birta, from Proto-Germanic *birhtijaną.

Noun

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birta f (genitive singular birtu, no plural)

  1. light, brightness
    Synonym: ljós
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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birta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative birti, supine birt)

  1. to show, to reveal [with accusative]
    Synonym: sýna
  2. to publish [with accusative]
  3. (impersonal) to become bright, to dawn
    Það birtir.
    Day is dawning.
    Við leggjum af stað þegar daginn birtir.
    We go at dawn.
    Það birtir af degi. (dummy subject)
    The day becomes brighter.
  4. (mediopassive) to appear
Conjugation
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