ardrí

See also: ardri

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ardrí, re-formed for transparency from Old Irish ardri,[1] from ard (“high”) + rí (“king”). By surface analysis, ard- +‎ rí.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑːɾˠd̪ˠˈɾˠiː/[2]

Noun

ardrí m (genitive singular ardrí, nominative plural ardríthe)

  1. high king (chief king)

Declension

Declension of ardrí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ardrí ardríthe
vocative a ardrí a ardríthe
genitive ardrí ardríthe
dative ardrí ardríthe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ardrí na hardríthe
genitive an ardrí na n-ardríthe
dative leis an ardrí
don ardrí 		leis na hardríthe

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardrí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ardrí n-ardrí hardrí t-ardrí

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ardrí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 17

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “áird-rí”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 16
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardrí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ardrí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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