beart
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲaɾˠt̪ˠ/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish bert (“burden, load; bundle”), from Proto-Celtic *bertā.
Declension
First declension
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Derived terms
- beartmhargadh (“package deal”)
Declension
First declension
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Second declension
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Derived terms
- ceannbheart (“headgear; helmet, headdress”)
- cíochbheart (“bra, brassiere”)
Etymology 3
From Old Irish bert (“deed, exploit; feat, trick; effort, task; action, behaviour; move, play, game”)
Noun
beart m (genitive singular birt, nominative plural bearta)
- cast, move (in a game)
- shift, plan
- proceeding, action, transaction
Declension
First declension
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Derived terms
- claonbheart m (“crooked act; underhand trick”)
Declension
Third declension
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Verb
beart (present analytic beartann, future analytic beartfaidh, verbal noun beartadh, past participle bearta)
- (transitive) Alternative form of beartaigh (“cast; poise, brandish; plan, contrive; consider; decide (upon)”)
Conjugation
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | beartaim | beartann tú; beartair† |
beartann sé, sí | beartaimid | beartann sibh | beartann siad; beartaid† |
a bheartann; a bheartas / a mbeartann*; a mbeartas* |
beartar |
past | bheart mé; bheartas | bheart tú; bheartais | bheart sé, sí | bheartamar; bheart muid | bheart sibh; bheartabhair | bheart siad; bheartadar | a bheart / ar bheart* |
beartadh | |
past habitual | bheartainn | bheartá | bheartadh sé, sí | bheartaimis; bheartadh muid | bheartadh sibh | bheartaidís; bheartadh siad | a bheartadh / ar bheartadh* |
bheartaí | |
future | beartfaidh mé; beartfad |
beartfaidh tú; beartfair† |
beartfaidh sé, sí | beartfaimid; beartfaidh muid |
beartfaidh sibh | beartfaidh siad; beartfaid† |
a bheartfaidh; a bheartfas / a mbeartfaidh*; a mbeartfas* |
beartfar | |
conditional | bheartfainn / mbeartfainn‡‡ | bheartfá / mbeartfᇇ | bheartfadh sé, sí / mbeartfadh sé, s퇇 | bheartfaimis; bheartfadh muid / mbeartfaimis‡‡; mbeartfadh muid‡‡ | bheartfadh sibh / mbeartfadh sibh‡‡ | bheartfaidís; bheartfadh siad / mbeartfaidís‡‡; mbeartfadh siad‡‡ | a bheartfadh / ar bheartfadh* |
bheartfaí / mbeartfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go mbearta mé; go mbeartad† |
go mbearta tú; go mbeartair† |
go mbearta sé, sí | go mbeartaimid; go mbearta muid |
go mbearta sibh | go mbearta siad; go mbeartaid† |
— | go mbeartar |
past | dá mbeartainn | dá mbeartá | dá mbeartadh sé, sí | dá mbeartaimis; dá mbeartadh muid |
dá mbeartadh sibh | dá mbeartaidís; dá mbeartadh siad |
— | dá mbeartaí | |
imperative | beartaim | beart | beartadh sé, sí | beartaimis | beartaigí; beartaidh† |
beartaidís | — | beartar | |
verbal noun | beartadh | ||||||||
past participle | bearta |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
beart | bheart | mbeart |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "beart" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 bert” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “beart” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “beart” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish bert, from Proto-Celtic *bertā.
Noun
Derived terms
- ainbheart (“misdeed”)
- beart-chlò (“printing press”)
- droch-bheart (“vice, sin”)
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition |
beart | bheart |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “1 bert” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.