airidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish air(ch) (“primas, lord”), from Proto-Celtic *aryos (“noble”). Cognate with Irish aire (“nobleman, chief, freeman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarʲɪ/

Noun

airidh f (genitive singular airidh, plural airidh)

1. worth
2. merit

Adjective

airidh (comparative airidhe)

1. 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

• airidh air (“worthy of”)
• airidh air farmad (“enviable”, literally “worthy of envy”)
• airidh air clach a chur air a' chàrn (“worthy of being remembered”)