iodhan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish idna m (“spear, weapon”).

Noun

iodhan m (genitive singular iodhain, plural iodhain or iodhanan)

1. (dated) spear, javelin, pike
2. (obsolete) birth pang

Alternative forms

• (birth pang): iodhnadh

Etymology 2

From Old Irish idan (“pure, faithful, sincere, disinterested; fitting”).

Adjective

iodhan

1. sincere
2. pure
3. clean

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “iodhan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “idan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 idna, indna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language