Scottish Gaelic

Noun

àird f ‎(genitive singular àirde, plural àirdean)

1. (geography) height, high place
2. point (of a compass), direction

   lean sinn air an àird 160°‎ ― we followed a bearing of 160°

   cridhe na h-àird a tuath‎ ― true north (literally "heart of the direction of north")

   a thàinig o dhiofar àirdean‎ ― that came from different directions

3. point, promontory

Synonyms

• (promontory): rubha

Derived terms

• loidhne-àirde
• loidhne cho-àirde

Related terms

• àrd
• àirde

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “aird” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.