ardae

Latin

Adjective

ardae

1. inflection of ardus:
   1. genitive/dative feminine singular
   2. nominative/vocative feminine plural

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• airde, arddae

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.d̪e/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ardwiyā. By surface analysis, ard +‎ -e.

Noun

ardae f

1. height

Declension

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ardaeL	ardaiL	ardai
vocative	ardaeL	ardaiL	ardai
accusative	ardaiN	ardaiL	ardai
genitive	ardae	ardaeL	ardaeN
dative	ardaiL	ardaib	ardaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• i n-ardai (“up, above”)

Descendants

• Irish: airde
• Manx: ardjey
• Scottish Gaelic: àirde

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ardae, airde”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ardae

1. feminine genitive singular of ard

Mutation

Mutation of ardae

radical	lenition	nasalization
ardae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	ardae	n-ardae

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