ert
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Verb
[edit]ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle erting, simple past and past participle erted)
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To incite; urge on; encourage.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To irritate; grill; provoke.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To be eager, prone; hurry.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To make as if to strike; argue (with); strive after; try to obtain.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To strive onward and upward.
Derived terms
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *erctus, equivalent of Latin ērectus. Doublet of erecte, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ert (feminine erta, masculine plural erts, feminine plural ertes)
Further reading
[edit]- “ert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ert, est. Cognate with Icelandic ert, Swedish äst.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ert
- (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 ...?
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ert, est. Akin to Old English eart (English thou art), Swedish äst.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ert
- you are, second-person of vera (meaning "to be")
Derived terms
[edit]Ladin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ert m (plural erc)
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]ert
- Alternative form of art: second-person singular present of been (“to be”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Alternative form of herte (“heart”)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ertr (“feminine plural”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ert f or m (definite singular erta or erten, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “ert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ertr f pl, from Proto-Germanic *arwīts (“pea”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ert f (definite singular erta, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “ert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
[edit]Old French
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[edit]Verb
[edit]ert
Old Norse
[edit]Verb
[edit]ert
Descendants
[edit]Some from older variant est.
Scots
[edit]Verb
[edit]ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle ertin, simple past ertit, past participle ertit)
- Alternative form of airt (“to incite”)
References
[edit]- “ert, v. tr.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Swedish
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ert
Declension
[edit]Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
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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 |
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