ardaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

• airdigh
• áirdigh, árdaigh, arduigh, árduigh (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠɪɟ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠə/, /ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːɾˠd̪ˠi/

Verb

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

conjugation of ardaigh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	ardaím	ardaíonn tú; ardaír†	ardaíonn sé, sí	ardaímid; ardaíonn muid	ardaíonn sibh	ardaíonn siad; ardaíd†	a ardaíonn; a ardaíos / a n-ardaíonn*	ardaítear
	past	d'ardaigh mé; d'ardaíos / ardaigh mé‡; ardaíos‡	d'ardaigh tú; d'ardaís / ardaigh tú‡; ardaís‡	d'ardaigh sé, sí / ardaigh sé, sí‡	d'ardaíomar; d'ardaigh muid / ardaíomar‡; ardaigh muid‡	d'ardaigh sibh; d'ardaíobhair / ardaigh sibh‡; ardaíobhair‡	d'ardaigh siad; d'ardaíodar / ardaigh siad‡; ardaíodar‡	a d'ardaigh / ar ardaigh*	ardaíodh; hardaíodh†
	past habitual	d'ardaínn / ardaínn‡; n-ardaínn‡‡	d'ardaíteá / ardaíteá‡; n-ardaíteᇇ	d'ardaíodh sé, sí / ardaíodh sé, sí‡; n-ardaíodh sé, s퇇	d'ardaímis; d'ardaíodh muid / ardaímis‡; ardaíodh muid‡; n-ardaímis‡‡; n-ardaíodh muid‡‡	d'ardaíodh sibh / ardaíodh sibh‡; n-ardaíodh sibh‡‡	d'ardaídís; d'ardaíodh siad / ardaídís; ardaíodh siad‡; n-ardaídís‡‡; n-ardaíodh siad‡‡	a d'ardaíodh / a n-ardaíodh*	d'ardaítí / ardaítí‡; n-ardaít퇇
future		ardóidh mé; ardód; ardóchaidh mé†	ardóidh tú; ardóir†; ardóchaidh tú†	ardóidh sé, sí; ardóchaidh sé, sí†	ardóimid; ardóidh muid; ardóchaimid†; ardóchaidh muid†	ardóidh sibh; ardóchaidh sibh†	ardóidh siad; ardóid†; ardóchaidh siad†	a ardóidh; a ardós; a ardóchaidh†; a ardóchas† / a n-ardóidh*; a n-ardóchaidh*†	ardófar; ardóchar†
conditional		d'ardóinn; d'ardóchainn† / ardóinn‡; ardóchainn†‡; n-ardóinn‡‡; n-ardóchainn†‡‡	d'ardófá; d'ardóchthᆠ/ ardófá‡; ardóchthᆇ; n-ardófᇇ; n-ardóchthᆇ‡	d'ardódh sé, sí; d'ardóchadh sé, s토/ ardódh sé, sí‡; ardóchadh sé, s톇; n-ardódh sé, s퇇; n-ardóchadh sé, s톇‡	d'ardóimis; d'ardódh muid; d'ardóchaimis†; d'ardóchadh muid† / ardóimis‡; ardódh muid‡; ardóchaimis†‡; ardóchadh muid†‡; n-ardóimis‡‡; n-ardódh muid‡‡; n-ardóchaimis†‡‡; n-ardóchadh muid†‡‡	d'ardódh sibh; d'ardóchadh sibh† / ardódh sibh‡; ardóchadh sibh†‡; n-ardódh sibh‡‡; n-ardóchadh sibh†‡‡	d'ardóidís; d'ardódh siad; d'ardóchadh siad† / ardóidís‡; ardódh siad‡; ardóchadh siad†‡; n-ardóidís‡‡; n-ardódh siad‡‡; n-ardóchadh siad†‡‡	a d'ardódh; a d'ardóchadh† / a n-ardódh*; a n-ardóchadh*†	d'ardófaí; d'ardóchtha토/ ardófaí‡; ardóchtha톇; n-ardófa퇇; n-ardóchtha톇‡
subjunctive	present	go n-ardaí mé; go n-ardaíod†	go n-ardaí tú; go n-ardaír†	go n-ardaí sé, sí	go n-ardaímid; go n-ardaí muid	go n-ardaí sibh	go n-ardaí siad; go n-ardaíd†	—	go n-ardaítear
	past	dá n-ardaínn	dá n-ardaíteá	dá n-ardaíodh sé, sí	dá n-ardaímis; dá n-ardaíodh muid	dá n-ardaíodh sibh	dá n-ardaídís; dá n-ardaíodh siad	—	dá n-ardaítí
imperative		ardaím	ardaigh	ardaíodh sé, sí	ardaímis	ardaígí; ardaídh†	ardaídís	—	ardaítear
verbal noun		ardú
past participle		ardaithe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

• Alternative verbal noun: ardach

Derived terms

• ardaitheach (“ascendant, ascending”, adjective)
• ardaitheoir (“lifter; lift, elevator”)

Noun

ardaigh

1. vocative/genitive singular of ardach

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ardaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language