aird

• áird (superseded)

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /æːɾˠdʲ/

From Old Irish aird f (“peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction”).

aird f (genitive singular airde, nominative plural airde)

1. direction, point (of compass)
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 18:

     biən̄ ə ʒȳ, ə hȧgəs ō n āŕȷ h-əŕ, ə gūnī fuər.

     conventional orthography: Bíonn an ghaoth a thagas ón aird thoir i gcónaí fúar.

     The wind that comes out of the easterly direction is always cold.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 18:

     sn̥ āŕȷ h-eŕ [h-iər, ō huə, ō jȧs].

     conventional orthography: san aird [thoir, thiar, ó thuadh, ó deas]

     in the easterly [westerly, northerly, southerly] direction}}

From Old Irish aird (“heed, attention”).

aird f (genitive singular airde)

1. attention
2. notice, mention

• tabhair aird

aird

1. inflection of ard:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

aird m

1. genitive singular of ard (“height, hillock; top, high part”)

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “aird”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “aird”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• “áird” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "aird" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

• IPA^(key): /ar͈ʲdʲ/

aird

1. inflection of ard:
   1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
   2. accusative/dative singular feminine
   3. genitive singular neuter
   4. nominative plural masculine