iarann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íarn, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (compare Proto-Germanic *īsarną, Welsh haearn, Breton houarn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiəɾˠən̪ˠ/

Noun

iarann m (genitive singular iarainn, nominative plural iarainn)

1. iron (element)
2. iron (appliance for smoothing clothes)
3. (golf) iron

Declension

Declension of iarann

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative iarann iarainn Vocative a iarainn a iaranna Genitive iarainn iarann Dative iarann iarainn

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-iarann na hiarainn Genitive an iarainn na n-iarann Dative leis an iarann don iarann leis na hiarainn

Derived terms

• amhiarann (“iron ore”)
• cac iarainn m (“bog iron ore”)
• coinnleoir iarainn (“sconce”)
• iarann rocach (“corrugated iron”)
• iarann táilliúra (“tailor's goose”)
• iarann uillinne m (“angle-iron”)
• iarn- (“iron, ferro-”)
• iarnach (“iron implements”)
• iarnaí (“made of iron”)
• iarnaigh (“put in irons”, verb)
• iarnáil (“iron”, verb)
• iarncheantar (“iron ore field”)
• iarncheantar (“iron ore field”)
• iarndóid (“mailed fist; gauntlet”)
• iarnmhangaire (“ironmonger”)
• iarnmhian (“iron ore”)
• iarnóir (“ironworker; ironmonger”)
• iarnra (“hardware”)
• iarnród (“railway”)
• iarnúil (“iron-like, ferrous”, adjective)
• meániarann m (“mid-iron”)
• scamhóg iarainn f (“iron lung”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarann	n-iarann	hiarann	t-iarann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iarann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish íarn, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (compare Welsh haearn, Breton houarn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiərˠən̪ˠ/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈiərˠun̪ˠ/, [ˈiərˠʊn̪ˠ]

Noun

iarann m (genitive singular iarainn, plural iarannan)

1. iron
2. blade (of scythe)

Derived terms

• cùirtear iarainn (“iron curtain”)
• Cùirtear Iarainn (“Iron Curtain”)
• rathad-iarainn (“railway”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarann	n-iarann	h-iarann	t-iarann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “iarann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language