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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.Definition 2024
ard
ard
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)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ard | ard¹ | arda³ | |
| Vocative | aird¹ | ard¹ | arda | |
| Genitive | aird¹ | airde | arda | ard |
| Dative | ard² | ard¹; (archaic) aird¹ |
arda³ | |
| Comparative | airde | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
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)
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)
Noun
ard m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
Noun
ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)
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
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Noun
ard n, m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
ard f
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.
Romanian
Verb
ard
- first-person singular present tense form of arde.
- first-person singular subjunctive form of arde.
- third-person plural present tense form of arde.