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ardaigh.

to raise, lift, heighten, hoist, elevate, cast up (one's eyes etc.), put up, throw up (one's hands, a window etc.), uplift

7 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠɪɟ/Munster/ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠə/Connacht/ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠiː/Connacht/ˈaːɾˠd̪ˠi/Ulster
  1. to raise, lift, heighten, hoist, elevate, cast up (one's eyes etc.), put up, throw up (one's hands, a window etc.), uplift

    transitive
  2. to rise

    intransitive
  3. to climb, ascend, go up

    ambitransitive
  4. to build up, increase

    ambitransitive
  5. to advance (of a price etc.)

    ambitransitive
  6. to turn up, up (increase)

    transitive
    D’ardaigh mé giar.
  7. to raise (cause to seem higher by drawing nearer)

    transitive
  8. to exalt, magnify

    transitive
  9. to promote (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank)

    transitive
  10. to take away, carry off

    transitive
  11. to run up (bring (a flag) to the top of its flag pole)

    transitive
  12. to take off (remove (especially upward)), take up

    transitive
  13. clear up (of weather)

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠɪɟ/Munster/ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠə/Connacht/ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠiː/Connacht/ˈaːɾˠd̪ˠi/Ulster
  1. vocative/genitive singular of ardach

Where this word comes from

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

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