birta

• abirta, brita

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɾtɐ]

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

• britar

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “birta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “birta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “birta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “birta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪr̥ta/

  Rhymes: -ɪr̥ta

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

birta f (genitive singular birtu, no plural)

1. light, brightness

   Synonym: ljós

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

1. to show, to reveal [with accusative]

   Synonym: sýna

2. to publish [with accusative]
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. (dummy subject)

   The day becomes brighter.

4. (mediopassive) to appear