adhart

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

adhart m (genitive singular adhairt, nominative plural adhairt)

1. hob (flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate)

   Synonym: iarta

Declension

Declension of adhart

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative adhart adhairt Vocative a adhairt a adharta Genitive adhairt adhart Dative adhart adhairt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adhart na hadhairt Genitive an adhairt na n-adhart Dative leis an adhart don adhart leis na hadhairt

Etymology 2

Noun

adhart m (genitive singular adhairt, nominative plural adhairt)

1. Alternative form of adhairt (“bolster, pillow”)

Declension

Declension of adhart

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative adhart adhairt Vocative a adhairt a adharta Genitive adhairt adhart Dative adhart adhairt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adhart na hadhairt Genitive an adhairt na n-adhart Dative leis an adhart don adhart leis na hadhairt

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adart (‘pillow’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish adart, adairt (“pillow, bolster”).

Noun

adhart m (genitive singular adhairt, plural adhartaichean)

1. pillow, bolster

   Synonym: cluasag

2. head of a bed
3. linen
4. bedlinen

Etymology 2

Possibly from Old Irish adairt, a late verbal noun form of adraid (“adheres to, follows; respects”).

Noun

adhart m (genitive singular adhairt, plural adhartaichean)

1. progress, forwardness

   Synonym: adhartas

2. front, van, advance

Usage notes

Very seldom used without a preposition.

Derived terms

• air adhart (“forward, forwards; on, onward, onwards”)
• mar sin air adhart (“and so on, and so forth”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhart	n-adhart	h-adhart	t-adhart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhart”, 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), “adart (‘pillow’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 adairt (‘adhering to, respecting’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language