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Webster 1913 Edition

Birt

Birt

(bẽrt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
byrte
; cf. F.
bertonneau
. Cf.
Bret
,
Burt
.]
(Zool.)
A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.
[Written also
burt
,
bret
, or
brut
.]
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Birt

BIRT

,
Noun.
burt. A fish, called also turbot.

Definition 2025

Birt

Birt

See also: birt, bírt, and BIRT

English

Proper noun

Birt

  1. A surname​.

Derived terms

birt

birt

See also: bírt, BIRT, and Birt

English

Alternative forms

Noun

birt ‎(plural birts)

  1. (Britain, dialect) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.

Irish

Noun

birt m

  1. genitive singular of beart ‎(“bundle; covering; cast”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
birt bhirt mbirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲir͈ʲtʲ/

Verb

birt

  1. third-person singular preterite absolute of beirid

Related terms

Verb

·birt

  1. second-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid

Etymology

Middle English byrte; compare French bertonneau and English bret, burt.

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