birta

See also: Birta and bírta

Galician

Alternative forms

• abirta, brita

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɾtɐ]

Noun

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

Related terms

• britar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “birta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “birta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “birta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “birta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪr̥ta/

  Rhymes: -ɪr̥ta

Etymology 1

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

Noun

birta f (genitive singular birtu, no plural)

1. light, brightness

   Synonym: ljós

Declension

Declension of birta (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	birta	birtan
accusative	birtu	birtuna
dative	birtu	birtunni
genitive	birtu	birtunnar

Etymology 2

Verb

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

birta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að birta
supine sagnbót		birt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		birtandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	birti	birti		birti	birti
	þú	birtir	birtir		birtir	birtir
	hann, hún, það	birtir	birti		birti	birti
plural	við	birtum	birtum		birtum	birtum
	þið	birtið	birtuð		birtið	birtuð
	þeir, þær, þau	birta	birtu		birti	birtu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	birt (þú), birtu
plural	þið	birtið (þið), birtiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

birtast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að birtast
supine sagnbót		birst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		birtandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	birtist	birtist		birtist	birtist
	þú	birtist	birtist		birtist	birtist
	hann, hún, það	birtist	birtist		birtist	birtist
plural	við	birtumst	birtumst		birtumst	birtumst
	þið	birtist	birtust		birtist	birtust
	þeir, þær, þau	birtast	birtust		birtist	birtust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	birst (þú), birstu
plural	þið	birtist (þið), birtisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

birtur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	birtur	birt	birt	birtir	birtar	birt
accusative (þolfall)	birtan	birta	birt	birta	birtar	birt
dative (þágufall)	birtum	birtri	birtu	birtum	birtum	birtum
genitive (eignarfall)	birts	birtrar	birts	birtra	birtra	birtra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	birti	birta	birta	birtu	birtu	birtu
accusative (þolfall)	birta	birtu	birta	birtu	birtu	birtu
dative (þágufall)	birta	birtu	birta	birtu	birtu	birtu
genitive (eignarfall)	birta	birtu	birta	birtu	birtu	birtu