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, 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
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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse ert, est. Cognate with Icelandic ert, Swedish äst.
Pronunciation
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
Verb
ert
- you are, second-person of vera (meaning "to be")
Derived terms
Ladin
Etymology
Noun
ert m (plural erc)
Middle English
Etymology 1
Verb
ert
- Alternative form of art: second-person singular present of been (“to be”)
Etymology 2
Noun
- Alternative form of herte (“heart”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse ertr (“feminine plural”).
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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Doperwt_rijserwt_peulen_Pisum_sativum.jpg/220px-Doperwt_rijserwt_peulen_Pisum_sativum.jpg)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse ertr f pl, from Proto-Germanic *arwīts (“pea”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ert f (definite singular erta, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms
References
- “ert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
ert
Old Norse
Verb
ert
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.
Swedish
Pronoun
ert
Declension
Number | Person | Type | 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 |
Anagrams
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- British English
- English dialectal terms
- English intransitive verbs
- Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan doublets
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan adjectives
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese non-lemma forms
- Faroese verb forms
- Faroese terms with usage examples
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic verb forms
- Icelandic terms with usage examples
- Ladin terms derived from Latin
- Ladin lemmas
- Ladin nouns
- Ladin masculine nouns
- Middle English non-lemma forms
- Middle English verb forms
- Middle English second-person singular forms
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɛɾt
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with homophones
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- nb:Plants
- nb:Vegetables
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Plants
- nn:Vegetables
- Old French non-lemma forms
- Old French verb forms
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse verb forms
- Scots lemmas
- Scots verbs
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish pronoun forms