airde

See also: àirde and áirde

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ardae, airde f (“height; high place”), from ard (“high”, adjective).

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
Declension of airde

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative airde airdí
Vocative a airde a airdí
Genitive airde airdí
Dative airde airdí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an airde na hairdí
Genitive na hairde na n-airdí
Dative leis an airde

don airde

 leis na hairdí
Derived terms
  • airde ceolchoirme (“concert-pitch”)
  • airdemhéadar m (“altimeter”)
  • claonairde (“slant height”)
  • comh-airde (“unison”)

Adjective

airde

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
airde n-airde hairde not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References
  1. Risteard B. Breatnach, 1947, The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, p. 6.
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 5.
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 18.

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈar͈ʲdʲe/

Adjective

airde

  1. genitive singular feminine of ard

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
airde unchanged n-airde
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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