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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarnach	n-iarnach	hiarnach	t-iarnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iarnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 íarnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “? 2 íarnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language