ardnós

Irish

Etymology

From ard- +‎ nós.

Noun

ardnós m (genitive singular ardnóis, nominative plural ardnósanna)

1. grandeur, hauteur; formality, snobbery, starch

Declension

Declension of ardnós

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ardnós ardnósanna Vocative a ardnóis a ardnósanna Genitive ardnóis ardnósanna Dative ardnós ardnósanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ardnós na hardnósanna Genitive an ardnóis na n-ardnósanna Dative leis an ardnós don ardnós leis na hardnósanna

Derived terms

• ardnósach (“grand, pompous; formal; highbrow”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardnós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “hauteur”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “snobbery”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024