aird

See also: Aird, àird, and aird-

Irish

Alternative forms

• áird (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /aːɾˠdʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aird f (“peak, point of the compass”).

Noun

aird f (genitive singular airde, nominative plural airde)

1. direction, point (of compass)
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:

     biən̄ ə ʒȳ, ə hȧgəs ō n āŕȷ h-əŕ, ə gūnī fuər.

     [Bíonn an ghaoth a thagas ón aird thoir i gcónaí fúar.]

     The wind that comes out of the easterly direction is always cold.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:

     sn̥ āŕȷ h-eŕ [h-iər, ō huə, ō jȧs].

     [san aird [thoir, thiar, ó thuadh, ó deas]]

     in the easterly [westerly, northerly, southerly] direction

Declension

Declension of aird (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aird airde vocative a aird a airde genitive airde airde dative aird airde forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aird na hairde genitive na hairde na n-airde dative leis an aird don aird leis na hairde

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aird (“heed, attention”).

Noun

aird f (genitive singular airde)

1. attention

   Níor thug mé aird air.

   I didn’t pay attention to it.

2. notice, mention

Declension

Declension of aird (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aird vocative a aird genitive airde dative aird forms with the definite article case singular nominative an aird genitive na hairde dative leis an aird don aird

Derived terms

• tabhair aird

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

aird

1. inflection of ard:
   1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
   2. (archaic) feminine dative singular

Noun

aird m

1. genitive singular of ard (“height, hillock; top, high part”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aird

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aird	n-aird	haird	not applicable

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) “aird”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ar͈ʲdʲ]

Adjective

aird

1. inflection of ard:
   1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
   2. feminine accusative/dative singular
   3. neuter genitive singular
   4. masculine nominative plural

Mutation

Mutation of aird

radical	lenition	nasalization
aird (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-aird

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