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

Mutated forms of iarann

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarann	n-iarann	hiarann	t-iarann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

Mutation of iarann

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarann	n-iarann	h-iarann	t-iarann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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