aird

See also: Aird, àird, and aird-

Irish

Alternative forms

• áird (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠdʲ/
• (Ulster) 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, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 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, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 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
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 and genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Etymology 4

Noun

aird m

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

Mutation

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

References

• “aird” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “aird” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “áird” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "aird" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.