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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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ard

ard

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

English

Noun

ard (plural ards)

  1. A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.

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Anagrams


Irish

Alternative forms

  • arad (nonstandard)
  • árd (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erHdʰwós, from *h₂erHdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Adjective

ard (genitive singular masculine aird, genitive singular feminine airde, plural arda, comparative airde)

  1. high, tall
  2. loud
  3. ambitious

Declension

Derived terms

  • airde f (height; elevation; altitude; level; volume, pitch)
  • ard- (high; arch-, chief; excellent, noble; advanced)

Noun

ard m (genitive singular aird, nominative plural arda)

  1. height, hillock
  2. top, high part
  3. elevation (of land)
  4. head (of sand, clay)
  5. rise
  6. ascent

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ard n-ard hard t-ard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "ard" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 1 ard” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “árd” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 16.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erHdʰwós, from *h₂erHdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Adjective

ard (plural ardey, comparative yrjey)

  1. high
  2. tall

Noun

ard m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. height, high place

Noun

ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)

  1. compass point
  2. pole

Derived terms

References

  • 1 ard” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ard/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erHdʰwós, from *h₂erHdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Adjective

ard

  1. high
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

ard n, m

  1. height
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

ard f

  1. dog collar
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ard unchanged n-ard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • 1 ard” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 2 ard” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.