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	àird	àirdean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• (promontory): rubha

Derived terms

• loidhne-àirde
• loidhne cho-àirde

Related terms

• àrd
• àirde

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “àird”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aird”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language