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nard
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /n??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /n??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit ??? (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus.
Noun
nard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)
- Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
- A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
- American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
Synonyms
- nardus (obsolete)
- (Nardostachys jatamansi): nardin, muskroot
Derived terms
- spikenard
References
- nard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nardostachys jatamansi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Nardostachys+jatamansi at The Plant List
- nard at OneLook Dictionary Search
- nard, in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1987.
Etymology 2
Alteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”).
Noun
nard (plural nards)
- (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) Testicles.
- The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!
Synonyms
- (testicles): balls, nuts
Anagrams
- -andr-, DNAR, DNRA, RAND, Rand, andr-, darn, rDNA, rand, rdna
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin nardus (“spikenard”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?na?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?nart/
Noun
nard m (plural nards)
- tuberose (Agave amica)
Further reading
- “nard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin nardus.
Noun
nard m (plural nards)
- (botany) matgrass (Nardus)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nard” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “nard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit ??? (nálada, “Indian narde”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nârd/
Noun
n?rd m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- nard (plant or oil)
References
- “nard” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Volapük
Noun
nard (nominative plural nards)
- valerian
Declension
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ard
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian ard (“plough”), from Old Norse arðr.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Noun
ard (plural ards)
- A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil. [20th c.]
Alternative forms
- ard-plough
Translations
Anagrams
- -dar, ADR, DAR, DRA, Dar, Dra, RAD, RDA, dar, rad, rad.
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Common Turkic *?rt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?rd]
Noun
ard (definite accusative ard?, plural ardlar)
- back, rear
- Synonyms: arxa, dal
- Antonyms: qabaq, ön
- sequel, continuation; something which is continued
- Synonyms: davam, dal
Declension
Derived terms
- ard?nca
- ard?c?l
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse arðr (“plough, ard”), from Proto-Germanic *arþr?, cognate with Swedish årder and Norwegian Bokmål ard (whence (English ard). The Germanic word is related to Latin ar?trum (“plough”) and Ancient Greek ??????? (árotron, “plough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [???d?]
Noun
ard c (singular definite arden, plural indefinite arder)
- (historical) plough, ard
Inflection
Irish
Alternative forms
- arad (nonstandard)
- árd (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h?erd?- (compare Latin arduus).
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /????d??/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /æ???d??/
Adjective
ard (genitive singular masculine aird, genitive singular feminine airde, plural arda, comparative airde)
- high, tall
- loud
- ambitious
Declension
Derived terms
- airde f (“height; elevation; altitude; level; volume, pitch”)
- ard- (“high; arch-, chief; excellent, noble; advanced”)
Noun
ard m (genitive singular aird, nominative plural arda)
- height, hillock
- top, high part
- elevation (of land)
- head (of sand, clay)
- rise
- ascent
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- "ard" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 ard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “árd” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 16.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h?erd?wós, from *h?erd?- (compare Latin arduus).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ø(r)d/
Adjective
ard (plural ardey, comparative yrjey)
- high
- tall
Noun
ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)
- height, high place
Noun
ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)
- compass point
- pole
Derived terms
- ard-ard
- Ard y Jiass
- Ard y Twoaie
- bun-ard
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 ard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Compare Persian ???? (ârd).
Noun
ard ?
- flour
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h?erd?wós, from *h?erd?- (compare Latin arduus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar?d/
Adjective
ard
- high
Inflection
Noun
ard n
- height
Inflection
Descendants
- Irish: ard
- Manx: ard
- Scottish Gaelic: àrd
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 ard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian
Verb
ard
- first-person singular present indicative of arde
- first-person singular present subjunctive of arde
- third-person plural present indicative of arde
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