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)
- (geography) height, high place
- 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
- point, promontory
Synonyms
- (promontory): rubha
Derived terms
- loidhne-àirde
- loidhne cho-àirde
Related terms
- àrd
- àirde
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “àird”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aird”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language