haearn

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hiyarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ ‘blood' > 'red’.

Noun

haearn

1. iron

Welsh

Chemical element (edit)
Fe Atomic number 26 haearn
Classification data Period 4 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
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Alternative forms

• harn

Etymology

From Middle Welsh haearn, from Proto-Brythonic *həjarn, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (compare Cornish horn, Breton houarn, Irish iarann), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood, red”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈheɨ̯.arn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯.arn/
• Rhymes: -eɨ̯arn

Noun

haearn m (usually uncountable, plural heyrn, not mutable)

1. iron
2. clothes iron, clipping of haearn smwddio or haearn stilo

Derived terms

• haearn smwddio, haearn stilo (“a clothes iron”)
• haearnaidd (“like iron; inflexible, opressive”)
• haearngant (“strake, metal tyre”)
• haearnol (“chalybeate”)
• taro haearn ar (“to iron (clothes)”)
• Oes yr Haearn (“the Iron Age”)

Related terms

• fferrig (“ferric”)
• fferrus (“ferrous”)

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “haearn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “haearn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies