Meaning of beirt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. two, a pair
   feminine
2. Equivalent to 'pair': Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.

Equivalents

Examples

“Tá beirt deartháireacha agam.”

I have two brothers.

“Bhí filíocht ag an mbeirt.”

The two composed poetry.

“ə rug tøsə klȧn̄ riəv? rugəs, rug mḗ šešŕ̥, tā ḱǡŕ ȷīb agm̥, agəs kȧĺū bøŕc.”

Did you ever have children? Yes, I had six, I have four [still] and two died.

“Tá beirt de chaoirigh bhána sa ghort.”

There are a pair of white sheep in the field.

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