airde

See also: àirde and áirde

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ardae, airde f (“height; high place”),[5] 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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative airde airdí
Vocative a airde a airdí
Genitive airde airdí
Dative airde airdí

Forms with the definite article

Case 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
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
airde n-airde hairde not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: a phonetic study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 6
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 5
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97
  5. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ardae, airde”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸarewēdyom, 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

Noun

airde f

  1. Alternative form of ardae (“height”)

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
airde unchanged n-airde
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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