ard

See also ARD, àrd, -ard, ard-, and 'ard

English

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Etymology 1

20th-century borrowing from Norwegian ard ("plough").

Noun

ard (plural ards)

1. A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.

Translations

simple plough

• Finnish: aatra (fi)
• French: araire (fr) f

• German: Hakenpflug (de) m
• Walloon: eraire (wa) f

Etymology 2

Adjective

ard (comparative more ard, superlative most ard)

1. (obsolete, slang, cant) Hot.

References

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

Anagrams

• ADR
• DAR
• rad, RAD

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Irish

Alternative forms

• árd (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɑːɾˠd̪ˠ]

Etymology

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

Adjective

ard

1. high
2. tall

Declension

Declension of ard

First Declension

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	masc.	fem.	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ard		arda
Vocative	aird	ard	arda
Genitive	aird	airde	arda	ard
Dative	ard		arda
Comparative	airde

Derived terms

• airde

Noun

ard m (genitive aird, nominative plural arda)

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

Declension

Declension of ard

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
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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Manx

Etymology

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

Adjective

ard

1. high
2. tall

Noun 1

ard m

1. height, high place

Noun 2

ard m (plural ardjyn)

1. compass point
2. pole

Derived terms

• ard-ard
• Ard y Jiass
• Ard y Twoaie
• bun-ard

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rh₃dh-wo- (“high, steep”) (compare Latin arduus, Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthos, “straight”)).

Adjective

ard

1. high

Noun

ard n and m (?)

1. height

Descendants

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

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Romanian

Verb

ard

1. first-person singular present tense form of arde.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of arde.
3. third-person plural present tense form of arde.