ard

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[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

ard (comparative more ard, superlative most ard)

Positive
ard

Comparative
more ard

Superlative
most ard

  1. (obsolete, slang, cant) Hot.

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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))

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ard

  1. high
  2. tall

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[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.

[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

[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

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