iarndóid

Irish

Etymology

From iarann (“iron”) +‎ dóid (“hand, fist”).

Noun

iarndóid f (genitive singular iarndóide, nominative plural iarndóideanna)

1. mailed fist
2. gauntlet (of armour)

Declension

Declension of iarndóid (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iarndóid iarndóideanna vocative a iarndóid a iarndóideanna genitive iarndóide iarndóideanna dative iarndóid iarndóideanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an iarndóid na hiarndóideanna genitive na hiarndóide na n-iarndóideanna dative leis an iarndóid don iarndóid leis na hiarndóideanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of iarndóid

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarndóid	n-iarndóid	hiarndóid	not applicable

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) “iarndóid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “iarndóid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “iarndóid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025