àird

See also: aird and aird-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aird f (“peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːɾʃt̪/

Noun

àird f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean)

  1. (geography) height, high place
  2. point (of a compass), direction
    lean sinn air an àird 160° ― we followed a bearing of 160°
    cridhe na h-àird a tuath ― true north (literally, “heart of the direction of north”)
    a thàinig o dhiofar àirdean ― that came from different directions
  3. point, promontory

Declension

Declension of àird (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative àird àirdean
genitive àirde àirdean
dative àird àirdean; àirdibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) àird (na) h-àirdean
genitive (na) h-àirde (nan) àirdean
dative (an) àird (na) h-àirdean; h-àirdibh✝
vocative àird àirdean

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

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References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “àird”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aird”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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