gurt

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɜːt/ (West Country, UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɝːt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɜːɹt/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Homophones: girt, gert === Etymology 1 === Origin obscure. Possibly a metathesis of gutter. ==== Noun ==== gurt (plural gurts) (mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great. ==== Alternative forms ==== gert girt ==== Adjective ==== gurt (UK dialect, West Country) Pronunciation spelling of great. === References === === Anagrams === trug, turg == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === grat (Föhr-Amrum) gråt (Goesharde) grot (Halligen) groot (Heligoland) grut (Mooring) === Etymology === From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”). Cognates include West Frisian grut. === Adjective === gurt (comparative gurter, superlative gurtst) (Sylt) big, great, large tall ==== Inflection ==== == Old High German == === Etymology === Related to gurtil. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. are there other unsuffixed cognates? === Noun === gurt m girdle ==== Declension ==== ==== References ==== Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[2] (in German), 6th edition == Turkmen == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kūrt. Compare Turkish kurt. === Noun === gurt (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide]) wolf == Yola == === Alternative forms === grut === Etymology === From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą. Cognate with English gurts. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʊrt/, /ɡrʊt/ === Noun === gurt (plural gurthes or gruts) coarse oatmeal === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 44