# ceirt
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /cɛɾˠtʲ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish ceirt (“rag”).

#### Alternative forms

* ceairt, ceart

#### Noun

ceirt f (genitive singular ceirte, nominative plural ceirteacha)
* rag, clout, piece of cloth
    Synonyms: ceamach, éadach
    ceannaí ceirteacha ― rag merchant
* swab (piece of material used for cleaning)
* (Ulster, in the plural) clothes
    Synonym: éadaí
    Cuir ort do cheirteachaPut on your clothes.
* bandage
    Synonym: bindealán

##### 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

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ceirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceirt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 133
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ceart”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

### 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”).

#### Noun

ceirt f (genitive singular ceirte)
* (archaic) apple tree
    Synonyms: crann úll, abhaill
* The name of the Ogham letter ᚊ (q).

##### Related terms

* ceirtlis (“cider”)

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ceirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ceirt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

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

#### Adjective

ceirt
* Obsolete form of cirt (inflected form of ceart).

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 74
* ↑ 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
* genitive singular of ceart

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Welsh
### Noun

ceirt pl
* Alternative form of certi (“carts”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.