bòrd

See also: bord, Bord, borð, bórd, and börd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bord (“edge, side, border, brink; board, table; seat, bench”), borrowed from Old English bord (“plank, table”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [b̊ɔːɹd̪̊], /pɔːɾʃt̪/

Noun

bòrd m (genitive singular bùird, plural bùird)

table (furniture)
plank, board
board (of directors, etc.)
(nautical) deck (of a ship)

Derived terms

anart-bùird (“tablecloth”)
bòrd-beulaibh (“starboard”)
bòrd-cùlaibh (“port (ship's side)”)
bòrd-dubh (“blackboard”)
bòrd-eun (“bird table”)
bòrd-sgrìobhaidh (“desk”)
bòrd-stiùiridh (“board of directors”)
cairt-bhòrd (“cardboard”)
spàin-bhùird (“tablespoon”)
teanas-bùird (“table tennis”)

Verb

bòrd (past bhòrd, future bòrdaidh, verbal noun bòrdadh, past participle bòrdte)

(nautical) tack
board (a ship, etc.)
Bhòrd iad an long. ― They boarded the ship.

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
“bord” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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