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Webster 1828 Edition


Ard

'ARD

, The termination of many English words. We observe it in Goddard, a divine temper; Giffard, a disposition to give, liberality; Bernard, flial affection; standard, drunkard, dotard, &c.

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àrd

àrd

See also: ard, ARD, ård, -ard, ard-, and 'ard

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

àrd

  1. high

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Noun

àrd m (genitive singular àird, plural àrda)

  1. chief, eminent person
    uaigh an àird ― the chief's grave

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References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • 1 ard” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.