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Irish
Etymology
The modern form is borrowed directly from Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”).
The traditional forms Iórnán, Orthannán are from Old Irish Iordanein, from the Latin accusative Iordanēn, from the Ancient Greek accusative Ἰορδάνην (Iordánēn).
The Aran form *Hórlán shows dissimilation of -nán to -lán as well as rebracketing of /h/ in the phrase Sruth Orthannáin (“River Jordan”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
An Iordáin f (genitive na hIordáine)
- Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Ríocht Haisimíteach na hIordáine)
- Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| Iordáin
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nIordáin
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hIordáin
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Iórnán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Orṫannán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 138
Further reading
- “Iordáin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Eorthanán, Orthan(n)án”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Órthannán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “Jordan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Iordáin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm