bàrd

See also: bard, bárd, and Bård

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːrˠʃt̪/
Hyphenation: bàrd

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (compare Welsh bardd, Breton barz).

Noun

bàrd m (genitive singular bàird, plural bàird or bàrda or bàrdan)

rhymer, poet, bard

Declension

Declension of *bàrd* (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	bàrd	bàird
genitive	bàird	bhàrd
dative	bàrd	bàird; bàrdaibh^✝

definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) bàrd	(na) bàird
genitive	(a') bhàird	(nam) bàrd
dative	(a') bhàrd	(na) bàird; bàrdaibh^✝
vocative	bhàird	bhàrda

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Declension of *bàrd* (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	bàrd	bàrda
genitive	bàird	bhàrda
dative	bàrd	bàrda; bàrdaibh^✝

definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) bàrd	(na) bàrda
genitive	(a') bhàird	(nam) bàrda
dative	(a') bhàrd	(na) bàrda; bàrdaibh^✝
vocative	bhàird	bhàrda

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Declension of *bàrd* (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	bàrd	bàrdan
genitive	bàird	bhàrdan
dative	bàrd	bàrdan; bàrdaibh^✝

definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) bàrd	(na) bàrdan
genitive	(a') bhàird	(nam) bàrdan
dative	(a') bhàrd	(na) bàrdan; bàrdaibh^✝
vocative	bhàird	bhàrdan

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

bana-bhàrd (“poetess”)
bàrd-cluiche (“dramatist”)
bàrd-dealbh-cluiche (“dramatist”)
bàrd-dhàn (“poetry”)
bàrdan (“poetaster”)
barr-bhàrd (“chief poet”)
ceanna-bhàrd (“head bard”)
prìomh-bhàrd (“chief bard”)

Descendants

→ English: bard

Etymology 2

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Noun

bàrd m

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bàrd m

(Strathtummel, Badenoch) meadow, land on the edge of a river

Mutation

Mutation of *bàrd*
radical	lenition
bàrd	bhàrd

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

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “bàrd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language