Iordáin

Irish

Alternative forms

• Iórnán, Orthannán

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

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈhoːɾˠlˠɑːnˠ/ (as if spelled Hórlán)

Proper noun

An Iordáin f (genitive na hIordáine)

1. Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Ríocht Haisimíteach na hIordáine)
2. 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

• Iordánach (“Jordanian”, adjective)
• Iordánach m (“Jordanian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iordáin

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iordáin	nIordáin	hIordáin	not applicable

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

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