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bertha
English
Noun
bertha (plural berthas)
- A lace collar that covers the shoulders of a dress
Anagrams
- bareth, bather, breath
Old Irish
Verb
·bertha
- second-person singular past subjunctive of beirid
Mutation
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berth
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)
- A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc).
- Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
- A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
- (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
- A job or position, especially on a ship.
- (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
- (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)
- (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
- (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)
- (obsolete) fair, fine, beautiful
Derived terms
- anferth (“colossal, gargantuan”)
- prydferth (“beautiful, handsome”)
Mutation
Etymology 2
Noun
berth
- Soft mutation of perth (“hedge”).
Mutation
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