òrd
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Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish ordd, from Welsh gordd
Noun [edit]
òrd m (genitive ùird, plural ùird or òrdan)
- hammer
- mar fhuaim ùird, like the noise of a hammer
- dog-head of a gun, the part of a gunlock from which the flint strikes fire
- piece, fragment, chunk
- Gearr 'n a òrdan e. Cut it in pieces.
- stub
- mallet, mall
- cut, cutting
- òrd éisg, a cut or slice of fish
- sledgehammer
- a short length of string
Derived terms [edit]
- òrd-mòr - sledgehammer
- òrd-ladhrach - claw hammer
- òrd-barraidh - a clinching hammer
References [edit]
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
