àird

See also: aird and aird-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aːɾʃt̪/

Noun

àird f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean)

  1. (geography) height, high place
  2. point (of a compass), direction
    lean sinn air an àird 160° ― we followed a bearing of 160°
    cridhe na h-àird a tuath ― true north
    (literally "heart of the direction of north")
    a thàinig o dhiofar àirdean ― that came from different directions
  3. point, promontory

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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
  • “aird” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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