erta

• èrtag (Sette Comuni)

From Middle High German er(ge)tac, from Old High German *ariōtag, from Gothic *𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (*arjaus dags), a calque of Ancient Greek (ἡμέρα) Ᾰ̓́ρεως ((hēméra) Áreōs, “(day of) Ares”). Cognate with German Ertag, Mòcheno eirta, Bavarian ertach.

erta m

1. (Luserna) Tuesday

• (days of the week) taaghe dar bòchen; méentag, èrtag, mittog, fiistag, braitag, zaastag, zuntag ^{(Category: cim:Days of the week)} – Sette Comuni dialect

See also: Luserna, Tredici Comuni

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛr̥ta

From Old Norse erta, from Proto-Germanic *artijaną. More at ert.

erta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative erti, supine ert)

1. to irritate (cause physical discomfort to a part of the body, etc.)
2. to tease, to annoy, to irritate, to provoke

• (to annoy): skaprauna, stríða, hrella, espa

• erting (“irritation”)
• ertinn (“mischievous, given to teasing”)
• ertni (“teasing”)

From Old Norse ertr, from Proto-Germanic *arwīts. Cognate with Faroese ertur, Swedish ärt, Danish ært, Old High German arawīz (> German Erbse, Luxembourgish Ierbes).

erta f (genitive singular ertu, nominative plural ertur)

1. pea

• baun

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.ta/, (traditional) /ˈer.ta/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛrta, (traditional) -erta
• Hyphenation: èr‧ta, (traditional) ér‧ta

Feminine of erto.

erta f sg

1. feminine singular of erto

erta

1. feminine singular of erto

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erta f (plural erte)

1. steep slope
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ed ecco, quasi al cominciar de l’erta, ¶ una lonza leggera e presta molto, ¶ che di pel macolato era coverta; […]

     And lo! almost where the ascent began, a panther light and swift exceedingly, which with a spotted skin was covered o'er!

• arte, atre, etra, rate, retà, tare, trae

• erten

erta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of ert

erta f

1. definite singular of ert

erta (present tense ertar, past tense erta, past participle erta, passive infinitive ertast, present participle ertande, imperative erta/ert)

1. to tease