íarn

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːa̯rn/

Noun

íarn n, m (genitive íairn or éirn, nominative plural íairn or éirn)

  1. iron

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
íarn unchanged n-íarn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • íarn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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