Ard in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Ard

You can make 5 words from 'ard' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'ard'
• 2 letters words from 'ard'

3 letters words from 'ard'

ARD 4

RAD 4

2 letters words from 'ard'

AD 3	AR 2
DA 3

Definitions and meaning of ard

ard

Etymology

20th-century, borrowed from Norwegian ard (“plough”), itself inherited from Old Norse arðr, from Proto-Germanic *arþrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Noun

ard (plural ards)

1. A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.

Translations

Anagrams

• -dar, ADR, DAR, DRA, Dar, Dra, RAD, RDA, dar, rad, rad.

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Irish

Alternative forms

• arad (nonstandard)
• árd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /æːɾˠd̪ˠ/

Adjective

ard (genitive singular masculine aird, genitive singular feminine airde, plural arda, comparative airde)

1. high, tall
2. loud
3. ambitious

Declension

Derived terms

• airde f (“height; elevation; altitude; level; volume, pitch”)
• ard- (“high; arch-, chief; excellent, noble; advanced”)

Noun

ard m (genitive singular aird, nominative plural arda)

1. height, hillock
2. top, high part
3. elevation (of land)
4. head (of sand, clay)
5. rise
6. ascent

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "ard" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 ard”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• “árd” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 16.

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Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian آرد‎ (ârd).

Noun

ard ?

1. flour

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰwós, from *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ø(r)d/

Adjective

ard (plural ardey, comparative yrjey)

1. high
2. tall

Noun

ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)

1. height, high place

Noun

ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)

1. compass point
2. pole

Derived terms

• ard-ard
• Ard y Jiass
• Ard y Twoaie
• bun-ard

References

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 ard”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar͈d/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰwós, from *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Adjective

ard

1. high

Inflection

Noun

ard n or m

1. height

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: ard
• Manx: ard
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ard f

1. dog collar

Inflection

Mutation

References

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 ard”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 ard”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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Romanian

Verb

ard

1. first-person singular present indicative of arde
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of arde
3. third-person plural present indicative of arde

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