"àird" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See àird in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /aːɾʃt̪/
Etymology: From Old Irish aird f (“peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|aird||peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction|g=f}} Old Irish aird f (“peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|àirde|||||||plural|àirdean||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} àird f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=àirde|pl=àirdean}} àird f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean) Forms: àirde [genitive, singular], àirdean [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], àird [indefinite, nominative, singular], àirdean [indefinite, nominative, plural], àirde [genitive, indefinite, singular], àirdean [genitive, indefinite, plural], àird [dative, indefinite, singular], àirdean [dative, indefinite, plural], àirdibh [dative, indefinite, plural], àird [definite, nominative, singular], an àird [definite, nominative, singular], h-àirdean [definite, nominative, plural], na h-àirdean [definite, nominative, plural], h-àirde [definite, genitive, singular], na h-àirde [definite, genitive, singular], àirdean [definite, genitive, plural], nan àirdean [definite, genitive, plural], àird [dative, definite, singular], an àird [dative, definite, singular], h-àirdean [dative, definite, plural], na h-àirdean [dative, definite, plural], h-àirdibh [dative, definite, plural], àird [definite, singular, vocative], àirdean [definite, plural, vocative]
  1. (geography) height, high place Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-àird-gd-noun-DPNbUPXy Categories (other): Geography, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks, Navigation Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 2 2 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 93 3 4 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters: 85 6 8 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks: 88 5 7 Disambiguation of Navigation: 53 24 24 Topics: geography, natural-sciences
  2. point (of a compass), direction Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-àird-gd-noun-uT-Dx0dN
  3. point, promontory Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-àird-gd-noun-rs-2NAE-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rubha Derived forms: loidhne-àirde, loidhne cho-àirde Related terms: àrd, àirde

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "loidhne-àirde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "loidhne cho-àirde"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "aird",
        "4": "",
        "5": "peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish aird f (“peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish aird f (“peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "àirde",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na h-àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-àirde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na h-àirde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nan àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na h-àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-àirdibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "àirde",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "àirdean",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "àird f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "àirde",
        "pl": "àirdean"
      },
      "expansion": "àird f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "àrd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "àirde"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Geography",
          "orig": "gd:Geography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 3 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 6 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 5 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 24 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Navigation",
          "orig": "gd:Navigation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "height, high place"
      ],
      "id": "en-àird-gd-noun-DPNbUPXy",
      "links": [
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "height",
          "height"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geography) height, high place"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "we followed a bearing of 160°",
          "text": "lean sinn air an àird 160°",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "true north",
          "literal_meaning": "heart of the direction of north",
          "text": "cridhe na h-àird a tuath",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "that came from different directions",
          "text": "a thàinig o dhiofar àirdean",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "point (of a compass), direction"
      ],
      "id": "en-àird-gd-noun-uT-Dx0dN",
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "point, promontory"
      ],
      "id": "en-àird-gd-noun-rs-2NAE-",
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "promontory",
          "promontory"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aːɾʃt̪/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rubha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "àird"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic second-declension nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Navigation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "loidhne-àirde"
    },
    {
      "word": "loidhne cho-àirde"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "aird",
        "4": "",
        "5": "peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish aird f (“peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish aird f (“peak, point; point of the compass, quarter, direction”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "àirde",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na h-àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-àirde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na h-àirde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nan àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na h-àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-àirdibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "àirdean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "àirde",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "àirdean",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "àird f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "àirde",
        "pl": "àirdean"
      },
      "expansion": "àird f (genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "àrd"
    },
    {
      "word": "àirde"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "gd:Geography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "height, high place"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "height",
          "height"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geography) height, high place"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "we followed a bearing of 160°",
          "text": "lean sinn air an àird 160°",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "true north",
          "literal_meaning": "heart of the direction of north",
          "text": "cridhe na h-àird a tuath",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "that came from different directions",
          "text": "a thàinig o dhiofar àirdean",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "point (of a compass), direction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "point, promontory"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "promontory",
          "promontory"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aːɾʃt̪/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "rubha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "àird"
}

Download raw JSONL data for àird meaning in Scottish Gaelic (5.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (promontory): rubha desc=promontory rest=rubha cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=True",
  "path": [
    "àird"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "àird",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scottish Gaelic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.