ert
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Eritai.
Symbol
ert
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Eritai terms
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) (obsolete)
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To incite; urge on; encourage.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To irritate; provoke.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To be eager; hurry.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To make as if to strike; argue (with).
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To strive after; try to obtain.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To strive onward and upward.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *erctus, equivalent of Latin ērectus. Doublet of erecte, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ert (feminine erta, masculine plural erts, feminine plural ertes)
Further reading
- “ert”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse ert, est. Cognate with Icelandic ert, Swedish äst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛɹt/, [ɛɻ̊ʈ]
- in the phrase "ert tú": IPA(key): /ɛɹt tʰʉuː/, [ˈɛɻ̊ʈʉuː]
Verb
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
Etymology
From Old Norse ert, est. Akin to Old English eart (English thou art), Swedish äst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛr̥t/
Verb
ert
Derived terms
Ladin
Etymology
Noun
ert m (plural erc)
Middle English
Etymology 1
Verb
ert
Etymology 2
Noun
ert
- alternative form of herte (“heart”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ert f or m (definite singular erta or erten, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms
References
- “ert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse ertr f pl, from Proto-Germanic *arwīts (“pea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ært/, /æʈː/
Noun
ert f (definite singular erta, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms
- blomeert
- blomsterert
- bukkert
- ertebelg
- erteblom
- erteblomster
- erteplante
- erteris
- ertestuing
- ertesuppe
- erteåker
- fôrert
- grønert
- gulert
- hageert
- kikert
- musert
- pillert
- sukkerert
- åkerert
References
- “ert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
ert
- third-person singular imperfect indicative of estre
Old Norse
Verb
ert
- second-person singular present active indicative of vera
Descendants
Some from older variant est.
Scots
Verb
ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle ertin, simple past ertit, past participle ertit)
- alternative form of airt (“to incite”)
References
- “ert, v. tr.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Swedish
Pronoun
ert
- (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]
Declension
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 |
References
- er in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- er in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- er in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)