ert
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-Germanic *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erdi-, *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”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Verb
ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle erting, simple past and past participle erted)
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To incite; urge on; encourage.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To irritate; grill; provoke.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To be eager, prone; hurry.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To make as if to strike; argue (with); strive after; try to obtain.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To strive onward and upward.
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛʃt]
- in the phrase "ert tú": IPA(key): [ˈɛʃtʉu]
Verb
ert
Conjugation
Icelandic
Verb
ert
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse ertr (“feminine plural”)
Noun
ert f or m (definite singular erta or erten, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse ertr (“plural”)
Noun
ert f (definite singular erta, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms
Swedish
Declension
subject | object | possessive | ||||||
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singular | full | full | common | neuter | plural | |||
1st person | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina | |||
2nd person | du | dig, dej2 | din | ditt | dina | |||
3rd person masculine | han | honom, han2 | hans | |||||
3rd person feminine | hon | henne | hennes | |||||
3rd person gender-neutral | hen1 | hen1, henom1 | hens1 | |||||
3rd person common | den | den | dess | |||||
3rd person neuter | det | det | dess | |||||
3rd person indefinite | man or en6 | en | ens | |||||
3rd person reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | |||
plural | ||||||||
1st person | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra | |||
2nd person | ni | er, eder5 | er, eran2, eder5 | ert, erat2, edert5 | era, edra5 | |||
3rd person | de, dom4 | dem, dom4 | deras | |||||
3rd person reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |