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 (a) àird (a) àirdean

*obsolete form, was 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]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aird”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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