ard

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 References 1.2 Anagrams 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Adjective 2.3.1 Declension 2.4 Noun 3 Manx 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Noun 4 Old Irish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adjective 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Descendants

[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

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ADR
• DAR
• rad, RAD

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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

[edit] Noun

ard m.

1. height
2. elevation (of land)
3. head (of sand, clay)
4. rise
5. ascent

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ard arda Vocative a aird a arda Genitive aird ard Dative ard arda

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ard na harda Genitive an aird na n-ard Dative leis an ard don ard leis na harda

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] 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] Noun

ard m.

1. height, high place

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[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Etymology

From 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

[edit] Noun

ard

1. height

[edit] Descendants

• Irish: ard
• Manx: ard
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd