ardu

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.du/

ardu m

1. Alternative form of wardum

• ard

From Vulgar Latin *ārdō, change of conjugation from Latin ārdeō. Compare Romanian arde, ard.

ardu (third-person singular present indicative ardi or arde, past participle arsã)

1. I burn.

• arsu
• arshu
• ardiri / ardire

From Latin arduus.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.du/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈar.du/

ardu (feminine àrdua, masculine plural ardus, feminine plural àrdues)

1. steep (of a near-vertical gradient)
2. arduous (needing or using up much energy)

• àrduament

• arduïtat

• “ardu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ardu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “ardu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ardu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

ardu

1. imperative of ardi

From Latin arduus (“high, steep; difficult”).

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.dy/

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ardu (feminine ardue, masculine plural ardus, feminine plural ardues)

1. (literally) steep (of a near-vertical gradient)

   Synonym: escarpé

2. (figuratively) arduous, needing or using up much energy, difficult

   Synonyms: difficile, pénible

• aisé

• “ardu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• dura

• ard

From Vulgar Latin *ārdō, change of conjugation from Latin ārdeō. Compare Romanian arde, ard, Aromanian ardu.

ardu

1. I burn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈar͈du/

ardu

1. inflection of ard:
   1. vocative/accusative plural masculine
   2. comparative degree