yiarn
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish íarn, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (compare Welsh haearn, Breton houarn), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēsh₂r̥no- (“bloody, red”), from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“(flowing) blood”).
Noun edit
yiarn m (genitive singular yiarn, plural yiarnyn)
Derived terms edit
- raad yiarn (“railroad”)
- yiarn banney (“strip iron”)
- yiarn bwoaillt (“wrought iron”)
- yiarn caardee (“smith's iron”)
- yiarn calkee (“calking iron”)
- yiarn cassee (“crisping iron”)
- yiarn cooyl (“back iron”)
- yiarn coshey (“leg iron”)
- yiarn crampagh (“cramp iron”)
- yiarn craplit, yiarn roaganagh (“corrugated iron”)
- yiarn cummit (“wrought iron, cast iron”)
- yiarn essyl (“linchpin”)
- yiarn figganagh (“hoop iron”)
- yiarn foldyragh (“scythe”)
- yiarn garroo (“pig iron”)
- yiarn giarree (“an edged tool”)
- yiarn greimmee (“grappling iron”)
- yiarn immanagh (“driving iron”)
- yiarn jeenee (“caulking iron”)
- yiarn jiarg (“brand”)
- yiarn lhean (“sheet iron”)
- yiarn lockeragh (“plane iron”)
- yiarn lostee (“searing iron”)
- yiarn oalanagh (“waffle iron”)
- yiarn plaitagh (“plate iron”)
- yiarn roit (“casting iron”)
- yiarn rollit (“rolled iron”)
- yiarn seiyee (“rabble”)
- yiarn shesheree (“plough irons”)
- yiarn smoodal (“flat iron”)
- yiarn stiuree (“pintle”)
- yiarn streipey (“stirrup iron”)
- yiarn T (“T section”)
- yiarn thalleyragh (“goose”)
- yiarn tilgit (“cast iron”)
- yiarn uillinagh (“angle iron”)
- yiarnagh (“ferric”)
- yiarnaghey, yiarney (“cover with iron”)
- yiarnait (“ferrate”)
- yiarnal (“ironing, iron”)
- yiarn-chlou (“ferrotype”)
- yiarn-choncraid (“ferro-concrete”)
- yiarneyder (“ironmonger”)
- yiarneydys (“ironmongery”)
- yiarnghlass (“iron-grey”)
- yiarnit (“ironclad, iron-shod”)
- yiarnoil (“ferrous”)
- yiarnrey (“hardware”)
- yiarnyn bolgane (“calipers”)
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “íarn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language