airidh
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish air(ch) (“primas, lord”), from Proto-Celtic *aryos (“noble”). Cognate with Irish aire (“nobleman, chief, freeman”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
airidh f (genitive singular airidh, plural airidh)
Adjective[edit]
airidh (comparative airidhe)
- worthy, meritorious, deserving
- 'S bochd an airidh mar a thachair do Sheumas. ― It's a pity the way things turned out for James.
Related terms[edit]
- airidh air (“worthy of”)
- airidh air farmad (“enviable”, literally “worthy of envy”)
- airidh air clach a chur air a' chàrn (“worthy of being remembered”)
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
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