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English

 ard (plough) on Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian ard (plough), from Old Norse arðr.

Pronunciation

Noun

ard (plural ards)

  1. A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.

Synonyms

Translations

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic ард
Abjad آرد

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ārt.

Pronunciation

Noun

ard (definite accusative ardı, plural ardlar)

  1. back, rear
    Synonyms: arxa, dal
    Antonyms: qabaq, ön
  2. sequel, continuation; something which is continued
    Synonyms: davam, dal

Declension

    Declension of ard
singular plural
nominative ard
ardlar
definite accusative ardı
ardları
dative arda
ardlara
locative ardda
ardlarda
ablative arddan
ardlardan
definite genitive ardın
ardların
    Possessive forms of ard
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) ardım ardlarım
sənin (your) ardın ardların
onun (his/her/its) ardı ardları
bizim (our) ardımız ardlarımız
sizin (your) ardınız ardlarınız
onların (their) ardı or ardları ardları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) ardımı ardlarımı
sənin (your) ardını ardlarını
onun (his/her/its) ardını ardlarını
bizim (our) ardımızı ardlarımızı
sizin (your) ardınızı ardlarınızı
onların (their) ardını or ardlarını ardlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) ardıma ardlarıma
sənin (your) ardına ardlarına
onun (his/her/its) ardına ardlarına
bizim (our) ardımıza ardlarımıza
sizin (your) ardınıza ardlarınıza
onların (their) ardına or ardlarına ardlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) ardımda ardlarımda
sənin (your) ardında ardlarında
onun (his/her/its) ardında ardlarında
bizim (our) ardımızda ardlarımızda
sizin (your) ardınızda ardlarınızda
onların (their) ardında or ardlarında ardlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) ardımdan ardlarımdan
sənin (your) ardından ardlarından
onun (his/her/its) ardından ardlarından
bizim (our) ardımızdan ardlarımızdan
sizin (your) ardınızdan ardlarınızdan
onların (their) ardından or ardlarından ardlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) ardımın ardlarımın
sənin (your) ardının ardlarının
onun (his/her/its) ardının ardlarının
bizim (our) ardımızın ardlarımızın
sizin (your) ardınızın ardlarınızın
onların (their) ardının or ardlarının ardlarının

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse arðr (plough, ard), from Proto-Germanic *arþrą, cognate with Swedish årder and Norwegian Bokmål ard (whence (English ard). The Germanic word is related to Latin arātrum (plough) and Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, plough).

Pronunciation

Noun

ard c (singular definite arden, plural indefinite arder)

  1. (historical) plough, ard

Declension

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ard,[1] from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ard (genitive singular masculine aird, genitive singular feminine airde, plural arda, comparative airde)

  1. high, tall
  2. loud
  3. ambitious

Declension

Declension of ard
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ard ard arda
vocative aird arda
genitive airde arda ard
dative ard ard;
aird (archaic)
arda
Comparative níos airde
Superlative is airde

Derived terms

  • airde f (height; elevation; altitude; level; volume, pitch)
  • ard- (high; arch-, chief; excellent, noble; advanced)

Noun

ard m (genitive singular aird, nominative plural arda)

  1. height, hillock
  2. top, high part
  3. elevation (of land)
  4. head (of sand, clay)
  5. rise
  6. ascent

Declension

Declension of ard (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ard arda
vocative a aird a arda
genitive aird ard
dative ard arda
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-ard na harda
genitive an aird na n-ard
dative leis an ard
don ard
leis na harda

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ard
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ard n-ard hard t-ard

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 256, page 130
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 16
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97

Further reading

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰwós, from *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ard (plural ardey, comparative syrjey)

  1. high
  2. tall

Noun

ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)

  1. height, high place

Noun

ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)

  1. compass point
  2. pole

Derived terms

References

Megleno-Romanian

Verb

ard

  1. Alternative form of ardu

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Persian آرد (ârd, flour), Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀 (aṣ̌a, ground) and Old Armenian աղամ (ałam).

Pronunciation

Noun

ard m (Arabic spelling ئارد)

  1. flour
    Synonym: arvan

Declension

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ard”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 11

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰwós, from *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ard (equative ardithir, comparative ardu, superlative ardam)

  1. high
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 23d23
      Cía thés hí loc bes ardu, ní ardu de; ní samlid són dúnni, air ⟨im⟩mi ardu-ni de tri dul isna lucu arda.
      Though he may go into a higher place, he is not the higher; this is not the case for us, for we are the higher through going into the high places.

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ard ard ard
Vocative aird*
ard**
Accusative ard aird
Genitive aird ardae aird
Dative ard aird ard
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative aird arda
Vocative ardu
arda
Accusative ardu
arda
Genitive ard
Dative ardaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Noun

ard n (genitive aird, nominative plural arda)

  1. height

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ardN ardN ardL, arda
Vocative ardN ardN ardL, arda
Accusative ardN ardN ardL, arda
Genitive airdL ard ardN
Dative ardL ardaib ardaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: ard
  • Manx: ard
  • Scottish Gaelic: àrd

Mutation

Mutation of ard
radical lenition nasalization
ard
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-ard

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Romanian

Verb

ard

  1. inflection of arde:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian آرد (ârd).

Noun

ard

  1. flour