àrd

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ard"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

high

Antonyms

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)

chief, eminent person
uaigh an àird ― the chief's grave

Derived terms

àrd claiginn

Descendants

English: ardian

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“1 ard” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Bauer, Michael. Blas na Gàidhlig: The Practical Guide to Gaelic Pronunciation. Glasgow: Akerbeltz, 2011.

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