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)

(transitive) to raise, lift, heighten, hoist, elevate, cast up (one's eyes etc.), put up, throw up (one's hands, a window etc.), uplift
(intransitive) to rise
(ambitransitive) to climb, ascend, go up
(ambitransitive) to build up, increase
(ambitransitive) to advance (of a price etc.)
(transitive) to turn up, up (increase)
D’ardaigh mé giar.
I changed up gear, I upshifted.
(transitive, nautical) to raise (cause to seem higher by drawing nearer)
(transitive) to exalt, magnify
Synonym: méadaigh
(transitive) to promote (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank)
(transitive) to take away, carry off
Synonyms: tóg ó, bain de, tabhair le
(transitive) to run up (bring (a flag) to the top of its flag pole)
(transitive) to take off (remove (especially upward)), take up
(intransitive) clear up (of weather)
Synonym: geal

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ardaigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	ardaím	ardaíonn tú; ardaír^†	ardaíonn sé, sí	ardaímid; ardaíonn muid	ardaíonn sibh	ardaíonn siad; ardaíd^†	a ardaíonn; a ardaíos	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	ardaíodh; hardaíodh^†
past habitual	d'ardaínn / ardaínn^‡	d'ardaíteá / ardaíteá^‡	d'ardaíodh sé, sí / ardaíodh sé, sí^‡	d'ardaímis; d'ardaíodh muid / ardaímis^‡; ardaíodh muid^‡	d'ardaíodh sibh / ardaíodh sibh^‡	d'ardaídís; d'ardaíodh / ardaídís^‡; ardaíodh siad^‡	a d'ardaíodh	d'ardaítí / ardaítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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^†	ardófar; ardóchar^†
conditional	d'ardóinn; d'ardóchainn^† / ardóinn^‡; ardóchainn^†^‡	d'ardófá; d'ardóchthá^† / ardófá^‡; ardóchthá^†^‡	d'ardódh sé, sí; d'ardóchadh sé, sí^† / ardódh sé, sí^‡; ardóchadh sé, sí^†^‡	d'ardóimis; d'ardódh muid; d'ardóchaimis^†; d'ardóchadh muid^† / ardóimis^‡; ardódh muid^‡; ardóchaimis^†^‡; ardóchadh muid^†^‡	d'ardódh sibh; d'ardóchadh sibh^† / ardódh sibh^‡; ardóchadh sibh^†^‡	d'ardóidís; d'ardódh siad; d'ardóchaidís^†; d'ardóchadh siad^† / ardóidís^‡; ardódh siad^‡; ardóchaidís^†^‡; ardóchadh siad^†^‡	a d'ardódh; a d'ardóchadh^†	d'ardófaí; d'ardóchthaí^† / ardófaí^‡; ardóchthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	ardaím	ardaigh	ardaíodh sé, sí	ardaímis	ardaígí; ardaídh^†	ardaídís	—	ardaítear

past participle	ardaithe

verbal noun	ardú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Alternative verbal noun: ardach

Derived terms

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

Noun

ardaigh

vocative/genitive singular of ardach

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ardaigh*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardaigh	n-ardaigh	hardaigh	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.