bàrd
See also: bard, bárd, and Bård
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paːrˠʃt̪/
- Hyphenation: bàrd
Etymology 1
From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (compare Welsh bardd, Breton barz).
Noun
bàrd m (genitive singular bàird, plural bàird or bàrda or bàrdan)
- rhymer, poet, bard
Declension
Declension of bàrd (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | bàrd | bàird |
| Genitive | bàird | bhàrd |
| Dative | bàrd | bàird |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (am) bàrd | (na) bàird |
| Genitive | (a') bhàird | (nam) bàrd |
| Dative | (a') bhàrd | (na) bàird |
| Vocative | (a) bhàird | (a) bhàrda |
Declension of bàrd (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | bàrd | bàrda |
| Genitive | bàird | bàrda |
| Dative | bàrd | bàrda |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (am) bàrd | (na) bàrda |
| Genitive | (a') bhàird | (nam) bàrda |
| Dative | (a') bhàrd | (na) bàrda |
| Vocative | (a) bhàird | (a) bhàrda |
Declension of bàrd (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | bàrd | bàrdan |
| Genitive | bàird | bàrdan |
| Dative | bàrd | bàrdan |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (am) bàrd | (na) bàrdan |
| Genitive | (a') bhàird | (nam) bàrdan |
| Dative | (a') bhàrd | (na) bàrdan |
| Vocative | (a) bhàird | (a) bhàrdan |
Derived terms
- bana-bhàrd (“poetess”)
- bàrdan (“poetaster”)
- bàrd-cluiche (“dramatist”)
- bàrd-dealbh-cluiche (“dramatist”)
- bàrd-dhàn (“poetry”)
- barr-bhàrd (“chief poet”)
- ceanna-bhàrd (“head bard”)
- prìomh-bhàrd (“chief bard”)
Descendants
- → English: bard
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
bàrd m
- dyke, fence
- park
- garrison
- corporation
Etymology 3
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Noun
bàrd m
- (Strathtummel, Badenoch) meadow, land on the edge of a river
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| bàrd | bhàrd |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “bàrd”, 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), “bard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language