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AIR
AIRSID
as I am concerned; air èigin, with much
ado; air a i\-3or\, for one; air seaehran,
astray; air falbh, away, from home; air
uairibb, sometimes ; including in itself
tlie same meaning as if joined to the pro.
e; as, tha eagal air, he is afraid; tha
acras air, he is hungry ; tha mòran aige
air, he owes him much ; air chor, so that ;
air chor eigin, somehow or other ; duine
air chor eigin, some person or other ; air
mheud is gu'm bheil e, let it be ever so
great; cha d'fhuair mi ni air, I got noth-
ing for it; de tha cur air, what is the
matter with him ? what ails him ?
Air, àr', v. plough ; iadsan a dh'aireas eu-
ceart, they that plough iniquity. Job.
AiEBniNNEACH, àr"-vhènn-ach, a. noble.
AiRc, àèik, n.f. strait, predicament, po-
verty ; saoi na aire, a hero in distress.
O. A. ; 's mairg a shineadh lamh na
h-airce do chridhe na circe, woe to him
who stretches poverty's hand to the hen's
heart,— to the illiberal.
AlRC, àerk, n.f. an ark, a chest ; stad an
aire, the ark rested. B.
AiRCEiL, àèrk'-al, poor, needy.
AiRCEAS, aerk'-us, n.f. poverty.
AiRCLEACH, aerk'.lyach, n.f. a cripple; an
dall air muin an aircleich, the blind on
the back of the cripple.
AiRD, àrj, n. f. preparation, condition,
state; de'n àird a dh'fhàg thu air, in
what condition did you leave him, or it f
cuir àird air, prepare; — quarter of the
earth, compass, &e. ; O gach àird, from
every quarter ; an àird a deas, the south ;
an àird anìar, the west; an àird a tuath,
the north ; an àird an ear, the east ; an
dird an iar dheas, the south west ; an àird
an iar thuath, the north ivest ; an àird
an ear dheas, the south east; an dird an
ear thuath, the north east;— a plan or
expedient; gu'n deanadh e dird air a
chur am charaibh, that he would devise
a plan or expedient, to put me in pos-
session of it, 10 ; an dird, aloft, up-
wards.
AiRDE, àrj'-à, height, stature, highness ; dè
'n dird a tha e, what is his stature, or
tallness '< dirde nam beann, the height of
the mountains ; deg. more, or most high.
AlRDGACHD, àij'-àchg, n.f highness.
AiRDEAO, àrj'-ud, n. f. degree of height.
AiRDEANNA, àrj'-un-à, pi. a constellation.
AiRDEiL,^rj'-al, a. ingenious.
Aire, àr"-à, n.f. attention, heed, notice;
thoir an aire, attend, pay attention, ob-
serve ; more properly, thoir an f haire, be
upon the watch.
AiREACH, àr".àch, n. m. a dairyman.
AiREACHAiL, àr"-ach-al, a. attentive. C.
Airbacbas, àr".ach-us, n.f. the business
of dairj-man, summer pasture for blacX
cattle.
AiREAMn, ar^'-uv, n. m. number; v. count,
number, compute ; c6 dh'airmheas dus-
lach lacoib, who can count the dust oj
Jacob. B.
.\iREAMHACH, àr2'-uv-ach, a. numeral, re-
lating to numbers; n.f. numerator, an
accountant Ar.
Aireamhachd, arS'.uv-achg, n.f. numera-
tion, computation; counting, number-
ing.
AiREAN, aor" -an', n.f. a ploughman.
AiREANACH, a6r"-an'.ach, a. agricultural
AiREANACHD, aòr2'.an'-àchg, n.f. agricul-
ture.
AiRFiD, ar'-fèj, n.f. harmony.
AiRFiDEACH, àr'-fèj-ach, a. harmonious,
ceolmhor ; n. m. a musician.
AiRFiDEACHD, àr'-fèj-achg, n. /. barmo-
niousness, melodiousness.
AiROHEAN, ar^'.ghen, n.f. a sjinptom.
AiRuioD, àr"-gyud', n. m. money, silver;
se gaol an airgid freamh gach uilc,
the lore of money is the root of all evil;
airgiod beo, quicksilver, mercury ; air.
giod caguilt, hearth money ; airgiod
cinn, reward money, poll money; airgiod
ullamh, ready money ; airgiod caorrach,
slate diamond ; airgiod ruadh, copper
money.
AiRGiODACH, àr"-gyud-ach, a. rich, silvery.
AiRiDH, ar"-è, a. worthy, deserving, meri-
torious ; cha'n airidh mi, / am not wor-
thy ; n. f. desert, merit ; is maith an
airidh e, he richly deserves it; is olc an
airidh, it is a pity.
Airidh, àr"-è, n./. shealing; hill pasture
in summer for black cattle ; bothan air-
idh, a mountain bpoth, or hut.
AiRiLLEACH, àr"-il-ach, n. m. a sleepy per-
son. N.
AiRLEiG, àèr"-Iyèg, n.f. strait; tha mi 'n
airleig, lamina strait.
.AiRLEiGEACH, àèr'-lyèg-àch, a. urgent.
AiRLis, Èàr'.lèsh, n. f. earnest-penny,
pledge.
AiRM, a6r"-um, pi, of aim; arms, wea-
pons; airmiheme, fire arms ; airm thilg-
idh, 7nisstve weapons ; gun airm, without
weapons.
AiRNE, àr".nyà, n.f. a sloe, a damascene ;
in the Bible, a kidney, reins, (dubhain.l
AiRNEACH, àr"-nyach, a. full of sloes, kid-
neyed; n. f. murrainn in cattle. See
Karrach.
AiR.\Eis, èar'-nyash, n.f. household fur-
niture, moveables ; household stuff. B.
AiR-NEO, iir^-nyo', ad. else, other\vise ; air-
neo an t-shleagh mu'm bheil do lamh,
otherwise the spear your iiand grasps. S,
AiRsiD, àr'-shèj, «./. tinanimity. Oid.