different between lirt vs birt

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English lirten, lurten (“to cheat”), from Old English *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *lurtijan (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”). Cognate with Scots lirt (“to cheat, deceive, delude”), Middle High German lürzen (“to deceive”), Middle High German lerz, lurz, lorz (“left, left-handed”), Old English lort, lyrt (“crooked”).

Alternative forms

• lirte

Verb

lirt (third-person singular simple present lirts, present participle lirting, simple past and past participle lirted)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To deceive; beguile.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To cheat; befool.

Derived terms

• belirt

Noun

lirt (plural lirts)

1. (Britain dialectal) Deception; guile.
2. (Britain dialectal) A cheat; a go-by.

Etymology 2

Origin obscure. Perhaps alteration of lirk (“to jerk”).

Verb

lirt (third-person singular simple present lirts, present participle lirting, simple past and past participle lirted)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To toss.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To walk or move in a quick, lively, or pert manner.
3. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To gambol; frisk.

Anagrams

• tirl

English

Alternative forms

• bret
• brut
• burt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

birt (plural birts)

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

Anagrams

• Brit, Brit-, Brit., Trib, brit, trib

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wirt, from Old High German *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz (“host”). Doublet of Sette Comuni dialect biart (“master, owner”). Cognate with German Wirt (“innkeeper”).

Noun

birt m

1. (Luserna) innkeeper

Derived terms

• birthaus

References

• “birt” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
• “birt” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Irish

Noun

birt m

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

Mutation

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German wirt, from Old High German *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz (“host”). Cognate with German Wirt.

Noun

birt m

1. innkeeper

Derived terms

• birtshaus

References

• “birt” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ir??t?/

Verb

birt

1. third-person singular preterite absolute of beirid

Related terms

• ·bert (conjunct)

Verb

·birt

1. second-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid

Old Norse

Adjective

birt

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of birgr

Romanian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian birt

Noun

birt n (plural birturi)

1. diner, eatery

Declension