airidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish air(ch) (“primas, lord”), from Proto-Celtic *aryos (“noble”). Cognate with Irish aire (“nobleman, chief, freeman”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈarʲɪ/

Noun

airidh f (genitive singular airidh, plural airidh)

  1. worth
  2. merit

Adjective

airidh (comparative airidhe)

  1. worthy, meritorious, deserving
    'S bochd an airidh mar a thachair do Sheumas. ― It's a pity the way things turned out for James.
  • airidh air (“worthy of”)
  • airidh air farmad (“enviable”, literally “worthy of envy”)
  • airidh air clach a chur air a' chàrn (“worthy of being remembered”)
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