# 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: /ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠɪɟ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠə/, /ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠiː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /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
* (transitive, intransitive) to climb, ascend, go up
* (transitive, intransitive) to build up, increase
* (transitive, intransitive) 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

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | ardaím | ardaíonn tú; ardaír$^†$ | ardaíonn sé, sí | ardaímid; ardaíonn muid | ardaíonn sibh | ardaíonn siad; ardaíd$^†$ | a ardaíonn; a ardaíos / a n-ardaíonn* | ardaítear |
| indicative | 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 / ar ardaigh* | ardaíodh; hardaíodh$^†$ |
| indicative | past habitual | d'ardaínn / ardaínn‡; n-ardaínn‡‡ | d'ardaíteá / ardaíteá‡; n-ardaíteá‡‡ | d'ardaíodh sé, sí / ardaíodh sé, sí‡; n-ardaíodh sé, sí‡‡ | d'ardaímis; d'ardaíodh muid / ardaímis‡; ardaíodh muid‡; n-ardaímis‡‡; n-ardaíodh muid‡‡ | d'ardaíodh sibh / ardaíodh sibh‡; n-ardaíodh sibh‡‡ | d'ardaídís; d'ardaíodh siad / ardaídís; ardaíodh siad‡; n-ardaídís‡‡; n-ardaíodh siad‡‡ | a d'ardaíodh / a n-ardaíodh* | d'ardaítí / ardaítí‡; n-ardaítí‡‡ |
| future | 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$^†$ / a n-ardóidh*; a n-ardóchaidh*$^†$ | ardófar; ardóchar$^†$ |
| conditional | conditional | d'ardóinn; d'ardóchainn$^†$ / ardóinn‡; ardóchainn$^†$‡; n-ardóinn‡‡; n-ardóchainn$^†$‡‡ | d'ardófá; d'ardóchthá$^†$ / ardófá‡; ardóchthá$^†$‡; n-ardófá‡‡; n-ardóchthá$^†$‡‡ | d'ardódh sé, sí; d'ardóchadh sé, sí$^†$ / ardódh sé, sí‡; ardóchadh sé, sí$^†$‡; n-ardódh sé, sí‡‡; n-ardóchadh sé, sí$^†$‡‡ | d'ardóimis; d'ardódh muid; d'ardóchaimis$^†$; d'ardóchadh muid$^†$ / ardóimis‡; ardódh muid‡; ardóchaimis$^†$‡; ardóchadh muid$^†$‡; n-ardóimis‡‡; n-ardódh muid‡‡; n-ardóchaimis$^†$‡‡; n-ardóchadh muid$^†$‡‡ | d'ardódh sibh; d'ardóchadh sibh$^†$ / ardódh sibh‡; ardóchadh sibh$^†$‡; n-ardódh sibh‡‡; n-ardóchadh sibh$^†$‡‡ | d'ardóidís; d'ardódh siad; d'ardóchadh siad$^†$ / ardóidís‡; ardódh siad‡; ardóchadh siad$^†$‡; n-ardóidís‡‡; n-ardódh siad‡‡; n-ardóchadh siad$^†$‡‡ | a d'ardódh; a d'ardóchadh$^†$ / a n-ardódh*; a n-ardóchadh*$^†$ | d'ardófaí; d'ardóchthaí$^†$ / ardófaí‡; ardóchthaí$^†$‡; n-ardófaí‡‡; n-ardóchthaí$^†$‡‡ |
| subjunctive | 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 |
| subjunctive | 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 | imperative | ardaím | ardaigh | ardaíodh sé, sí | ardaímis | ardaígí; ardaídh$^†$ | ardaídís | — | ardaítear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | ardú | ardú | ardú | ardú | ardú | ardú | ardú | ardú |
| past participle | past participle | ardaithe | ardaithe | ardaithe | ardaithe | ardaithe | ardaithe | ardaithe | ardaithe |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
* Alternative verbal noun: ardach

#### Derived terms

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

### Noun

ardaigh
* vocative/genitive singular of ardach

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ardaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language