# birt
## English
### Alternative forms

* bret, brut, burt

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)t/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Homophones: Bert, Burt

### Noun

birt (plural birts)
* (UK, dialect, archaic) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.

### References

* “birt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* trib, Brit-, Trib, trib., brit, Brit., Brit

## 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
* (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.
* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Irish
### Noun

birt
* genitive singular of beart m (“bundle; covering; cast”)
* (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of beart f (“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
* 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: /bʲir͈ʲtʲ/

### Verb

birt
* third-person singular preterite absolute of beirid

#### Related terms

* ·bert (conjunct)

### Verb

·birt
* second-person singular preterite conjunct of beirid

## Old Norse
### Adjective

birt
* strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of birgr

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian birt, from German Wirt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbirt/
* Rhymes: -irt

### Noun

birt n (plural birturi)
* diner, eatery
    Synonym: ospătărie
* (Banat) pub, tavern
    Synonyms: bar, bodegă, cârciumă, crâșmă
* (obsolete) inn
    Synonym: han

#### Derived terms

* birtaș

### References

* ↑ Maria Purdela Sitaru, editor (1987), Dicționarul subdialectului bănățean [Dictionary of the Banat subdialect], volume 3, University of Timișoara, page 184:Birt = crîșmă (Buchin). IZV. (1936), nr. 7–8, 292. Ib. (1937), nr. 7–8, 259. Birt =cîrciumă (Fibiș). SOC. ROM. 549. Unii-n vreo cocie goală au noroc să mearg-acasă, Alții-n birtul lui Ion Ceapă dorm grămadă pe sub masă. OANCEA, A. 21. Gruia-n birt dacă intra, Către Anița zicea… (Buchin). FL.(1972), 267… mă duc la birt. FRUMOSU, O. 48 …s-a dus la birt și s-a îmbătat de necaz. FABIAN, EU, 14. Birt = cîrciumă, bufet, crîșmă.Mă duc la birt să biau un primăr (1/2 dl) (Chișoda).

### Further reading

* birt in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)