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)

1. 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.

2. tool, scythe, blade (of scythe):
3. (money) dough
4. (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