ardán

See also: ardan, àrdan, and árdán

Irish

Alternative forms

• árdán (obsolete)

Etymology

From ard +‎ -án.

Noun

ardán m (genitive singular ardáin, nominative plural ardáin)

1. small height
2. platform
3. stage
4. (sports) stand
5. (in street names) terrace
6. uplift
7. (obsolete) pride

Declension

Declension of ardán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ardán ardáin vocative a ardáin a ardána genitive ardáin ardán dative ardán ardáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ardán na hardáin genitive an ardáin na n-ardán dative leis an ardán don ardán leis na hardáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardán	n-ardán	hardán	t-ardán

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ardán ‘pride’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “árdán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 39
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ardán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ardán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024