# pert
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English pert, perte, aphetic form of apert.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɜːt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /pɝt/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

### Adjective

pert (comparative perter, superlative pertest)
* (of a person) Attractive.
* (of a part of the body) Well-formed; shapely. [from 14th c.]
    pert breasts
* Lively; alert and cheerful; bright. [from 16th c.]
** c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC,:Goe Philoſtrate, / Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, / Awake the peart and nimble ſpirit of mirth, / Turne melancholy foorth to funerals: […]
** 2001, Donald Spoto, chapter 1, in Marilyn Monroe: The Biography, page 11:He was instantly attracted to Gladys's pert, fey humor and her good nature.
* (archaic) Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent. [from 15th c.]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cheeky
** 1741, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XVI”, in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], 3rd edition, volume I, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 37:Says Mrs. Jervis, Pamela, don’t be pert to his Honour? You ſhould know your Diſtance; you ſee his Honour was only in Jeſt.
** 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:[T]he Major began to think that Pen was growing exceedingly pert and conceited, and that the world made a great deal too much of him.
** 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, chapter XXXIV, in The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:[…] so that I couldn't help telling her, sir, that in our country, leastways in Virginia (they say the Yankees are very pert), young people don't speak of their elders so.
** 1885, William Dean Howells, chapter XII, in The Rise of Silas Lapham‎:“Then you didn't find her so amusing as Tom does?” “I found her pert. There's no other word for it. She says things to puzzle you and put you out.”
** 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 333:"You'll not be so pert when the Cornish seize you. They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires."
* (obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden. [14th–17th c.]
** [15th century, “[Richard the Redeles.] Passus Quartus.”, in Walter W[illiam] Skeat, editor, The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman, Dowel, Dobet, and Dobest, […]. Richard the Redeles, […] The Crowned King, […] (Early English Text Society, Part III; 54) (in Middle English), London: […] [F]or the Early English Text Society by N[icholas] Trübner & Co., […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 503, lines 88–90:Some parled as perte · as prouyd well after, / And clappid more ffor þe coyne · þat þe kyng oweth hem / Thanne ffor comfforte of þe comyne […]Some talked as openly, as proud well after, / And clapped more for the coin that the king owes them / Than for comfort of the common […]]
* (obsolete) Clever.

#### Derived terms

* pert as a pearmonger
* pertly
* pertness
* overpert

#### Translations
### Verb

pert (third-person singular simple present perts, present participle perting, simple past and past participle perted)
* (intransitive, obsolete) To behave with pertness; to misbehave.

### Noun

pert (plural perts)
* (obsolete) An impudent person.

### References

* ↑ “pē̆rt(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Anagrams

* 'terp, -pter, pret., rept-, terp

## Hungarian
### Etymology

per +‎ -t

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛrt]
* Hyphenation: pert

### Noun

pert
* accusative singular of per
    pert indít ― to sue

## Ladin
### Alternative forms

* part

### Etymology

From Latin pars, partem.

### Noun

pert f (plural pertes)
* part

#### Related terms

* partir

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *peret, from Late Latin paraverēdus.

### Noun

pert n
* horse

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* pāert
* pēert

#### Descendants

* Dutch: paard, perd, peerd (dialectal)
** Afrikaans: perd
*** → Phuthi: ipere
*** → Sotho: pere
** Jersey Dutch: pêrt, pêrd
** → English: prad
* Limburgish: paerd
* West Flemish: peird

### Further reading

* “pert”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pert”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French perte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pæɾt]

### Noun

pert (definite accusative perti, plural pertler)
* For something to decrease in value.
* For damage to be done to something.
    Araba pert oldu.The car was destroyed.

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
pert
pertler
definite accusative
perti
pertleri
dative
perte
pertlere
locative
pertte
pertlerde
ablative
pertten
pertlerden
genitive
pertin
pertlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
pertim
pertlerim
2nd singular
pertin
pertlerin
3rd singular
perti
pertleri
1st plural
pertimiz
pertlerimiz
2nd plural
pertiniz
pertleriniz
3rd plural
pertleri
pertleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
pertimi
pertlerimi
2nd singular
pertini
pertlerini
3rd singular
pertini
pertlerini
1st plural
pertimizi
pertlerimizi
2nd plural
pertinizi
pertlerinizi
3rd plural
pertlerini
pertlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
pertime
pertlerime
2nd singular
pertine
pertlerine
3rd singular
pertine
pertlerine
1st plural
pertimize
pertlerimize
2nd plural
pertinize
pertlerinize
3rd plural
pertlerine
pertlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
pertimde
pertlerimde
2nd singular
pertinde
pertlerinde
3rd singular
pertinde
pertlerinde
1st plural
pertimizde
pertlerimizde
2nd plural
pertinizde
pertlerinizde
3rd plural
pertlerinde
pertlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
pertimden
pertlerimden
2nd singular
pertinden
pertlerinden
3rd singular
pertinden
pertlerinden
1st plural
pertimizden
pertlerimizden
2nd plural
pertinizden
pertlerinizden
3rd plural
pertlerinden
pertlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
pertimin
pertlerimin
2nd singular
pertinin
pertlerinin
3rd singular
pertinin
pertlerinin
1st plural
pertimizin
pertlerimizin
2nd plural
pertinizin
pertlerinizin
3rd plural
pertlerinin
pertlerinin :

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛrt/

### Adjective

pert (feminine singular pert, plural perton, equative perted, comparative pertach, superlative pertaf)
* pretty, attractive
* quaint

### Mutation

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