àirde

See also: airde and áirde

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːrˠtʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ardae, airde f (“height; high place”). By surface analysis, àrd (“high”) +‎ -e.

Noun

àirde f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean)

  1. height
  2. altitude
  3. (music) pitch
  4. genitive singular of àird
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

àirde

  1. inflection of àrd:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutation of àirde
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
àirde n-àirde h-àirde t-àirde

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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