ardnós

Irish

Etymology

From ard- +‎ nós.

Noun

ardnós m (genitive singular ardnóis, nominative plural ardnósanna)

  1. grandeur, hauteur; formality, snobbery, starch

Declension

Declension of ardnós (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ardnós ardnósanna
vocative a ardnóis a ardnósanna
genitive ardnóis ardnósanna
dative ardnós ardnósanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ardnós na hardnósanna
genitive an ardnóis na n-ardnósanna
dative leis an ardnós
don ardnós 		leis na hardnósanna

Derived terms

  • ardnósach (“grand, pompous; formal; highbrow”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardnós
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ardnós n-ardnós hardnós t-ardnós

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardnós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “hauteur”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “snobbery”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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