òrd

See also: ord, Ord, and orð

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ord, ordd (compare Welsh gordd).

Noun

òrd m (genitive singular ùird, plural ùird or òrdan)

  1. hammer
    mar fhuaim ùird ― like the noise of a hammer
  2. dog-head of a gun, the part of a gunlock from which the flint strikes fire
  3. piece, fragment, chunk
    Gearr 'n a òrdan e. ― Cut it in pieces.
  4. stub
  5. mallet, mall
  6. cut, cutting
    òrd éisg ― a cut or slice of fish
  7. sledgehammer
  8. a short length of string

Derived terms
  • òrd-barraidh (“clinching hammer”)
  • òrd-ladhrach (“claw hammer”)
  • òrd-mòr (“sledgehammer”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
òrdn-òrdh-òrdt-òrd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
  • “2 ord(d)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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