àirde

See also: airde and áirde

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːrˠtʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ardae, airde f (“height; high place”). By surface analysis, àrd (“high”) +‎ -e.

Noun

àirde f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean)

1. height
2. altitude
3. (music) pitch
4. genitive singular of àird

Derived terms

• a dh'àirde
• àirde-mara

Related terms

• àird
• àrd
• àrdanach

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

àirde

1. inflection of àrd:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
àirde	n-àirde	h-àirde	t-àirde
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.