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
singular plural
nominative iarnach iarnaigh
vocative a iarnaigh a iarnacha
genitive iarnaigh iarnach
dative iarnach iarnaigh
forms with the definite article
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
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of iarnach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iarnach n-iarnach hiarnach t-iarnach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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