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• IPA(key): [pɛɻ̥ʈ]

bert

1. only

bert

1. second-person singular present of bera

Árnason, Kristján (2011), The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 115

bert

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of ber

• IPA(key): /ˈbʲert̪/

From Proto-Celtic *bertā, derivative of *bereti (“to carry”).[1]

Cognate with the Gaulish source of Vulgar Latin berciolum (“cradle”), which is the source of French berceau and Catalan bressol.

bert f or n

1. burden, load, bundle
   • c. 760, Blathmac mac Con Brettan, stanza 264; published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett :
     Etar·scarfaider cach mbert corcai chuindfig fri cruithnecht.
     He will separate every bundle of tares from wheat.
2. (figurative) burden, weight (of grief, etc.)
3. clothing, covering, clothes, attire, apparel; accoutrement
4. deed, exploit; feat, trick; effort, task; action, behaviour; move, play (in a game), game

Feminine ā-stem

| | singular | dual | plural | | | ----------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | nominative | bertL | beirtL | bertaH | | vocative | bertL | beirtL | bertaH | | accusative | beirtN | beirtL | bertaH | | genitive | beirteH | bertL | bertN | | dative | beirtL | bertaib | bertaib |

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• H = triggers aspiration
• L = triggers lenition
• N = triggers nasalization

Neuter o-stem

| | singular | dual | plural | | | ----------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | nominative | bertN | bertN | bertL, berta | | vocative | bertN | bertN | bertL, berta | | accusative | bertN | bertN | bertL, berta | | genitive | beirtL | bert | bertN | | dative | bertL | bertaib | bertaib |

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• H = triggers aspiration
• L = triggers lenition
• N = triggers nasalization

Bert is used to form the verbal nouns of most of the derivatives of beirid, instead of breth. All of these derivatives are feminine ā-stems.

• abairt

• airbert

• atairbert

• comairbert

• compert

• cundubart

• díupart

• epert

• forbart

• frithbert

• idbart

• imbert

• tabairt

• tairbert

• Irish: beart

• Scottish Gaelic: beart

• ⇒ Middle Irish: bertach

  • Irish: beartach

1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “ber-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

·bert

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid

bert

1. third-person singular preterite relative of beirid

Mutation of bert

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

Neuter of berr.

bert

1. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of berr

bert

1. openly, clearly

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bert”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive