fert
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vert, from Old High German [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Old Norse fjǫrð (“last year”), Sanskrit परुत् (parut, “last year”), Persian پار (pâr, “last year”), Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi, “last year”), Lithuanian pernai (“last year”) and Old Armenian հերու (heru, “last year”).
Adverb
fert
- (archaic) last year
- 1529, Martin Luther, “Das dritte Gebot”, in Das Große Katechismus:
- ...und wenn das jar umb ist, können sie hewer so viel als fert.
- ...and when the year is ended, they know as much this year as last year.
Related terms
Latin
Verb
fert
- third-person singular present active indicative of ferō
References
- "fert", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فرد (ferd), from Arabic فَرْد (fard).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɾt/
Noun
fert (definite accusative ferdi, plural fertler or efrat)
- (dated) person, individual
Declension
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