iarnaí
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Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish íarnaide, from íarn (“iron”). By surface analysis, iarann + -aí.
Adjective
[edit]iarnaí
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- iarnaíocht f (“iron quality; hardness, toughness”)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]iarnaí m pl
- (nonstandard) plural of iarann (“iron”)
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]iarnaí
- inflection of iarnach (“ferric; chalybeate”):
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]iarnaí
- present subjunctive analytic of iarnaigh (“put in irons, fetter; fit, cover, with iron”)
Alternative forms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
iarnaí | n-iarnaí | hiarnaí | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iarnaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarnaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “iarnaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm