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airde

airde

See also: àirde

Irish

Alternative forms

  • áirde (obsolete)

Noun

airde f (genitive singular airde, nominative plural airdí)

  1. height
  2. elevation
  3. (astronomy, geometry) altitude
  4. level
  5. (sound, music) volume, pitch
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

airde

  1. genitive feminine singular of ard
  2. comparative degree of ard

Mutation

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

References

  • ardae, airde” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “áirde” 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, 5.
  • Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 18.
  • "airde" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.