ardscoil

Irish

Alternative forms

• árd-scoil (superseded)

Etymology

From ard- (“high, advanced”) +‎ scoil (“school”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠsˠkʌl/

Noun

ardscoil f (genitive singular ardscoile, nominative plural ardscoileanna)

1. high school, secondary school

Declension

Declension of ardscoil (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ardscoil ardscoileanna vocative a ardscoil a ardscoileanna genitive ardscoile ardscoileanna dative ardscoil ardscoileanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ardscoil na hardscoileanna genitive na hardscoile na n-ardscoileanna dative leis an ardscoil don ardscoil leis na hardscoileanna

Synonyms

• (secondary school): meánscoil

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardscoil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardscoil	n-ardscoil	hardscoil	not applicable

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

References

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “árd-scoil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 39
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 17
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardscoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN