different between berth vs barth

English

Alternative forms

• birth, byrth (obsolete)

Etymology

Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *berth (“bearing, carriage”), equivalent to bear +? -th. This would make it a doublet of birth.

Alternatively, from an alteration of Middle English beard, bærde (“bearing, conduct”), itself of obscure formation. Compare Old English ?eb?ru (“bearing, conduct, behaviour”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b???/
• (US) enPR: bûrth, IPA^(key): /b??/
• Homophone: birth
• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Noun

berth (plural berths)

1. A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc).
2. Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
3. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
4. (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
5. A job or position, especially on a ship.
6. (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
7. (sports) position on the field of play

Translations

Verb

berth (third-person singular simple present berths, present participle berthing, simple past and past participle berthed)

1. (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
2. (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to

Translations

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?r?/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *ber?, from Proto-Celtic *berxtos.

Adjective

berth (feminine singular berth, plural berthion, equative berthed, comparative berthach, superlative berthaf)

1. (obsolete) fair, fine, beautiful

Derived terms

• anferth (“colossal, gargantuan”)
• prydferth (“beautiful, handsome”)

Mutation

Etymology 2

Noun

berth

1. Soft mutation of perth (“hedge”).

Mutation

English

Etymology

Etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Noun

barth (plural barths)

1. (Britain, dialect) A place of shelter for cattle.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Anagrams

• brath

Welsh

Noun

barth

1. Soft mutation of parth.

Mutation