Focal an Lae #132
The Word of the Day in Irish
Word: ard (AWRD) [aːrd]
Meaning: ard = high; tall; loud; height
Usage:
- bean ard (BAN AWRD) [b′æn aːrd] = a tall woman
- glór ard (GLOHR...) [gloːr...] = a loud voice
- in ard an lae (uhn AWRD uh LAY) [ən aːrd ə leː] = at high noon (lit., in height of the day)
History: Old Irish “ard”, Welsh “ardd” and Gaulish “ardu-” (steep) come from Common Celtic *ardwos,
from Indo-European *ṛəd-wo-, the suffixed zero grade of the root *erəd- (high).
A good English cognate is “arduous”, from Latin “arduus” (high, steep). “Les Ardennes”, a plateau region in northern France
and southern Belgium, comes from the Gaulish “arduenna” (steep or high place).
Scottish Gaelic: àrd