ceirt

• IPA^(key): /cɛɾˠtʲ/^[1]

From Old Irish ceirt (“rag”).

• ceairt, ceart

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

• 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

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]

ceirt f (genitive singular ceirte)

1. (archaic) apple tree

   Synonyms: crann úll, abhaill

2. The name of the Ogham letter ᚊ (q).

• ceirtlis (“cider”)

• 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ceirt

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

ceirt

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

ceirt

1. genitive singular of ceart

ceirt pl

1. Alternative form of certi (“carts”)