ceirt

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /cɛɾˠtʲ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ceirt (“rag”).

Alternative forms

Noun

ceirt f (genitive singular ceirte, nominative plural ceirteacha)

  1. rag, clout, piece of cloth
    Synonyms: ceamach, éadach
    ceannaí ceirteacha ― rag merchant
  2. swab (piece of material used for cleaning)
  3. (Ulster, in the plural) clothes
    Synonym: éadaí
    Cuir ort do cheirteacha
    Put on your clothes.
  4. bandage
    Synonym: bindealán
Declension
Declension of ceirt

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceirt ceirteacha
Vocative a cheirt a cheirteacha
Genitive ceirte ceirteacha
Dative ceirt ceirteacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cheirt na ceirteacha
Genitive na ceirte na gceirteacha
Dative leis an gceirt

don cheirt

 leis na ceirteacha
Derived terms
  • ceirt deannaigh (“duster”)
  • ceirt soithí (“dishcloth, dish towel”)
  • ceirteach (“piece of clothing”)
  • ceirteachán (“ragged person”)
  • fear ceirteacha (“ragman”)
  • páipéar ceirteacha (“rag paper”)

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish ceirt (“apple tree; name of Ogham letter ᚊ”), perhaps from Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā (“bush”) (compare Welsh perth (“bush, hedge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”).[2]

Noun

ceirt f (genitive singular ceirte)

  1. (archaic) apple tree
    Synonyms: crann úll, abhaill
  2. The name of the Ogham letter ᚊ (q).

Further reading

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ceirt

  1. Obsolete form of cirt (vocative/genitive singular of ceart).

Adjective

ceirt

  1. Obsolete form of cirt (inflected form of ceart).

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceirt cheirt gceirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 74
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷerxt-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 178

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ceirt

  1. genitive singular of ceart

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
ceirtcheirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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