airt

airt
/airt/; Scot. /ayrddt/, Chiefly Scot.
n.
1. a direction.
v.t.
2. to point out the way; direct; guide.
Also, airth /airth/; Scot. /ayrddth/.
[1400-50; late ME (Scots) a(i)rt < ScotGael àird point, quarter of the compass; c. Gk árdis arrowhead. The borrowing of Scots airt from ScotGael àird is exact since ScotGael d is totally voiceless and àird sounds like E arch]

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