aird

See also: Aird, àird, and aird-

Irish

Alternative forms

• áird (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠdʲ/
• IPA^(key): /æːɾˠdʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aird f (“peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction”).

Noun

aird f (genitive singular airde, nominative plural airde)

1. direction, point (of compass)
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:

     biən̄ ə ʒȳ, ə hȧgəs ō n āŕȷ h-əŕ, ə gūnī fuər.

     conventional orthography: Bíonn an ghaoth a thagas ón aird thoir i gcónaí fúar.

     The wind that comes out of the easterly direction is always cold.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:

     sn̥ āŕȷ h-eŕ [h-iər, ō huə, ō jȧs].

     conventional orthography: san aird [thoir, thiar, ó thuadh, ó deas]

     in the easterly [westerly, northerly, southerly] direction

Declension

Declension of aird

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aird airde Vocative a aird a airde Genitive airde airde Dative aird airde

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aird na hairde Genitive na hairde na n-airde Dative leis an aird don aird leis na hairde

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aird (“heed, attention”).

Noun

aird f (genitive singular airde)

1. attention

   Níor thug mé aird air.

   I didn’t pay attention to it.

2. notice, mention

Declension

Declension of aird

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aird Vocative a aird Genitive airde Dative aird

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an aird Genitive na hairde Dative leis an aird don aird

Derived terms

• tabhair aird

Etymology 3

Adjective

aird

1. inflection of ard:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Etymology 4

Noun

aird m

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of ard (“height, hillock; top, high part”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aird	n-aird	haird	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aird ‘peak; point of the compass’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 aird ‘heed, attention’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aird”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 15
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aird”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar͈ʲdʲ/

Adjective

aird

1. inflection of ard:
   1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
   2. accusative/dative singular feminine
   3. genitive singular neuter
   4. nominative plural masculine

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aird (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-aird
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.