àrd

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ard"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰwós, from *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːrˠt̪/, /ˈaːrʃt̪/, /ˈaːrˠsˠt̪/

Adjective

àrd

1. high

Antonyms

• ìosal
• ìseal

Derived terms

Derived terms

• a dh'àirde (“of specified height”)
• àird (“height; point of compass; promontory”)
• àirde (“height; altitude; pitch”)
• àrdanach (“haughty; irritable”)
• àrd-ollamh (“professor (head of department)”)

• àrd-sgoil (“high school”)
• àrd-thìr (“highland”, noun)
• àrd-thìreach (“highland”, adjective)
• àrd-ùrlar (“stage, dais”)
• gleoc àrd (“grandfather clock”)
• pìos àrd a' ghuib (“maxilla”)

Noun

àrd m (genitive singular àird, plural àrda)

1. chief, eminent person

   uaigh an àird ― the chief's grave

Derived terms

• àrd claiginn

Descendants

• English: ardian

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “àrd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Bauer, Michael. Blas na Gàidhlig: The Practical Guide to Gaelic Pronunciation. Glasgow: Akerbeltz, 2011.