yiarn

Manx

Etymology

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

yiarn m (genitive singular yiarn, plural yiarnyn)

iron
Bwoaill choud as ta'n yiarn çheh. ― Strike while the iron is hot.

Ta magnaid tayrn yiarn. ― A magnet attracts iron.

Ta'n yiarn jiarg. ― The iron is glowing.

Vroill eh y skynn er y yiarn. ― He hacked the knife on the iron.
tool, scythe, blade (of scythe):
(money) dough
(money) tip

Derived terms

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

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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