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Abbreviation of English Eritai.

ert

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Eritai.

From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-Germanic *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erd- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead”).

ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle erting, simple past and past participle erted) (obsolete, UK dialectal)

  1. (transitive) To incite; urge on; encourage.
  2. (transitive) To irritate; provoke.
  3. (intransitive) To be eager; hurry.
  4. (transitive) To make as if to strike; argue (with).
  5. (transitive) To strive after; try to obtain.
  6. (intransitive) To strive onward and upward.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *erctus, equivalent of Latin ērectus. Doublet of erecte, a learned borrowing.

ert (feminine erta, masculine plural erts, feminine plural ertes)

  1. stiff, rigid

From Old Norse ert, est. Cognate with Icelandic ert, Swedish äst.

ert

  1. (you) are, second-person present singular of vera (to be)
    tú ert vøkur ― you (f) are beautiful
    tú ert vakur ― you (m) are beautiful
    ert tú giftur? ― are you (m) married?
    ert tú gift? ― are you (f) married?
    ert tú ...? ― are you ...?

From Old Norse ert, est. Akin to Old English eart (English thou art), Swedish äst.

ert

  1. you are, second-person of vera (meaning "to be")

From Latin ars, artis.

ert m (plural erc)

  1. art

ert

  1. alternative form of art: second-person singular present of been (“to be”)

ert

  1. alternative form of herte (“heart”)

From Old Norse ertr (“peas”).

ert f or m (definite singular erta or erten, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)

  1. a pea (plant and vegetable)

erter

From Old Norse ertr f pl, from Proto-Germanic *arwīts (“pea”).

ert f (definite singular erta, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)

  1. a pea (plant and vegetable)

ert

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of estre

ert

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of vera

Some from older variant est.

ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle ertin, simple past and past participle ertit)

  1. alternative form of airt (“to incite”)

ert

  1. (possessive) neuter of er; your, yours (possessed by the multiple individuals addressed, of one neuter-gender thing (or possessed by the single individual addressed, if used as a polite pronoun))
    Synonyms: (informal) erat, (formal, archaic) edert
    Är det här er(a)t pussel, pojkar?
    Is this your jigsaw puzzle, boys? ["Erat" is also common in casual speech]
    Valet är ert, pojkar
    The choice is yours, boys ["Erat" would be uncommon here, perhaps due to "The choice is yours" being an idiomatic phrase that settled on _ert_]

Swedish personal pronouns

Number Person nominative oblique possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina

1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

2Informal

4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

5Informal, somewhat dialectal

6Formal address