adhart

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• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɪ(ə)ɾˠt̪ˠə/^[1] (as if spelled adharta)

adhart m (genitive singular adhairt, nominative plural adhairt)

1. hob (flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate)

   Synonym: iarta

adhart m (genitive singular adhairt, nominative plural adhairt)

1. Alternative form of adhairt (“bolster, pillow”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adart (‘pillow’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɤ.ərˠt̪/, ^[1][2]
• (Harris) IPA^(key): /ˈɤɣərˠʃt̪/
• (Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈɤ.ərˠʃt̪/

From Old Irish adart, adairt (“pillow, bolster”).

adhart m (genitive singular adhairt, plural adhartaichean)

1. pillow, bolster

   Synonym: cluasag

2. head of a bed
3. linen
4. bedlinen

Possibly from Old Irish adairt, a late verbal noun form of adraid (“adheres to, follows; respects”).

adhart m (genitive singular adhairt, plural adhartaichean)

1. progress, forwardness

   Synonym: adhartas

2. front, van, advance

Very seldom used without a preposition.

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhart”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adart (‘pillow’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 adairt (‘adhering to, respecting’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language