ard

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 References 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Adjective 2.3.1 Declension 3 Manx 3.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

ard (comparative more ard, superlative most ard)

1. (obsolete, slang, cant) Hot.

[edit] References

• Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Francis Grose et al., London, 1811

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [aːɾˠd̪ˠ]

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish ard < Proto-Celtic *ardwos (cf. Welsh ardd) < Proto-Indo-European *h₁rh₃dh-wo- (“‘high, steep’”) (cf. Latin arduus, Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthos), “‘straight’”))

[edit] Adjective

ard

1. high
2. tall

[edit] Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	ard	ard	arda
Vocative	aird	ard	arda
Genitive	aird	airde	ard
Dative	ard	ard archaic aird	arda

Comparative/superlative degree: airde

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h prefix	with t- prefix
ard	n-ard	hard	t-ard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Manx

[edit] Adjective

ard

1. high