iarnach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish íarnach (“fetters; a ploughshare”).

Noun

iarnach m (genitive singular iarnaigh, nominative plural iarnaigh)

1. (collective) irons, iron implements; fetters
2. plowshare

Declension

Declension of iarnach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iarnach iarnaigh vocative a iarnaigh a iarnacha genitive iarnaigh iarnach dative iarnach iarnaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-iarnach na hiarnaigh genitive an iarnaigh na n-iarnach dative leis an iarnach don iarnach leis na hiarnaigh

Etymology 2

From Old Irish íarnach (“made of iron”, adjective). By surface analysis, iarann (“iron”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

iarnach (genitive singular masculine iarnaigh, genitive singular feminine iarnaí, plural iarnacha, comparative iarnaí)

1. (chemistry) ferric

   Synonym: feireach

2. (chemistry) chalybeate

   Synonym: iarnaí

Declension

Declension of iarnach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	iarnach	iarnach	iarnacha
vocative	iarnaigh		iarnacha
genitive		iarnaí	iarnacha	iarnach
dative	iarnach	iarnach; iarnaigh (archaic)	iarnacha
Comparative	níos iarnaí
Superlative	is iarnaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of iarnach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarnach	n-iarnach	hiarnach	t-iarnach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iarnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 íarnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “? 2 íarnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language