airde

See also: àirde and áirde

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ardae, airde f (“height; high place”),[8] from Proto-Celtic *ardwiyā. By surface analysis, ard (“high”) +‎ -e.

Noun

airde f (genitive singular airde, nominative plural airdí)

  1. height
  2. elevation
  3. (astronomy, geometry) altitude
  4. level
  5. (sound, music) volume, pitch
Declension
Declension of airde (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative airde airdí
vocative a airde a airdí
genitive airde airdí
dative airde airdí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an airde na hairdí
genitive na hairde na n-airdí
dative leis an airde
don airde 		leis na hairdí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

airde

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of airde
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airde n-airde hairde not applicable

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

References

References
  1. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 21, page 6
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 406, page 123; reprinted 1988
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 83, page 45
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 23, page 10
  6. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298, page 137
  7. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97
  8. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ardae, airde”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸareweidyom, from *ɸare- +‎ *wēd- (“to know”). Cognate to Welsh arwydd, Breton arouez.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈarʲðʲe]

Noun

airde n (genitive airdi, nominative plural airde)

  1. sign, token
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 51b10
      In tan as·mber Dauid “intellectum tibi dabo”, sech is arde són do·mbéra Día do neuch nod·n-eirbea ind ⁊ génas triit con·festar cid as imgabthi do dénum di ulc ⁊ cid as déinti dó di maith. Aithesc trá lesom insin a persin Dǽ.
      When David says, “I will give thee understanding”, that is a sign that God will give to everyone that will trust in him, and work through him, that he may know what evil he must avoid doing, and what good he must do. He has then here a reply in the person of God.
Declension
Neuter io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative airdeN airdeL airdeL
vocative airdeN airdeL airdeL
accusative airdeN airdeL airdeL
genitive airdiL airdeL airdeN
dative airdiuL airdib airdib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈar͈ʲdʲe]

Noun

airde f

  1. alternative form of ardae (“height”)

Adjective

airde

  1. alternative form of ardae (feminine genitive singular of ard)

Mutation

Mutation of airde
radical lenition nasalization
airde
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 airde n-airde

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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