Irish

Noun

adhart m ‎(genitive singular adhairt, nominative plural adhairt)

1. Alternative form of adhairt ‎(“bolster, pillow”)

Declension

Noun

adhart m

1. Alternative form of iarta ‎(“hob”)

Mutation

References

• "adhart" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “adart (‘pillow’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish adart, adairt ‎(“pillow, bolster”).

Noun

adhart m ‎(genitive singular adhairt, plural adhartaichean)

1. pillow, bolster
2. head of a bed
3. linen
4. bedlinen

Synonyms

• (pillow): cluasag

Etymology 2

Possibly from Old Irish adairt, a late verbal noun form of adraid ‎(“adheres to, follows; respects”).

Noun

adhart m ‎(genitive singular adhairt, plural adhartaichean)

1. progress, forwardness
2. front, van, advance

Usage notes

Very seldom used without a preposition.

Synonyms

• (progress): adhartas

Derived terms

• air adhart ‎(“forward, forwards; on, onward, onwards”)
• mar sin air adhart ‎(“and so on, and so forth”)

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
• “adart (‘pillow’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 adairt (‘adhering to, respecting’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.