birta

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See also: Birta and bírta

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Back-formation from britar (to crush, to break).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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birta f (plural birtas)

  1. ditch opened in a field or meadow (for evenly distributing water)
    Synonym: talla
  2. path in the snow
  3. a plot of land, usually enclosed and occupied by trees and bushes
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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse birta, from Proto-Germanic *birhtijaną.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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birta f (genitive singular birtu, no plural)

  1. light, brightness

Declension

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    Declension of birta
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative birta birtan
accusative birtu birtuna
dative birtu birtunni
genitive birtu birtunnar

Synonyms

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Verb

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birta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative birti, supine birt)

  1. (with accusative) to show, to reveal
  2. (with accusative) to publish
  3. (impersonal) to become bright, to dawn
    Það birtir.
    Day is dawning.
    Við leggjum af stað þegar daginn birtir.
    We go at dawn.
    Það birtir af degi. (gervifrumlag)
    The day becomes brighter. (dummy subject)
  4. (mediopassive) to appear

Conjugation

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