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).

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceirt	cheirt	gceirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ceirt

1. genitive singular of ceart

ceirt pl

1. Alternative form of certi (“carts”)