Iaráin

Irish

Etymology

From Persian ایران ('îrân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “Land of the Aryans”).

Proper noun

An Iaráin f (genitive na hIaráine)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Poblacht Ioslamach na hIaráine)

Declension

Declension of Iaráin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Iaráin Vocative a Iaráin Genitive Iaráine Dative Iaráin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Iaráin Genitive na hIaráine Dative leis an Iaráin don Iaráin

Derived terms

• Iaránach (“Iranian”, adjective)
• Iaránach m (“Iranian”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iaráin	nIaráin	hIaráin	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Iran”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Iaráin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm