airidh
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”)