ardaigh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish ardaigid (to raise; rise, grow high), from Old Irish ard (high). By surface analysis, ard +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ardaigh (present analytic ardaíonn, future analytic ardóidh, verbal noun ardú, past participle ardaithe)

  1. (transitive) to raise, lift, heighten, hoist, elevate, cast up (one's eyes etc.), put up, throw up (one's hands, a window etc.), uplift
  2. (intransitive) to rise
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to climb, ascend, go up
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to build up, increase
  5. (transitive, intransitive) to advance (of a price etc.)
  6. (transitive) to turn up, up (increase)
    D’ardaigh mé giar.
    I changed up gear, I upshifted.
  7. (transitive, nautical) to raise (cause to seem higher by drawing nearer)
  8. (transitive) to exalt, magnify
    Synonym: méadaigh
  9. (transitive) to promote (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank)
  10. (transitive) to take away, carry off
    Synonyms: tóg ó, bain de, tabhair le
  11. (transitive) to run up (bring (a flag) to the top of its flag pole)
  12. (transitive) to take off (remove (especially upward)), take up
  13. (intransitive) clear up (of weather)
    Synonym: geal

Conjugation

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  • Alternative verbal noun: ardach

Derived terms

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Noun

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ardaigh

  1. vocative/genitive singular of ardach

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ardaigh n-ardaigh hardaigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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