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”)
  • yiarnagh (“ferric”)
  • yiarnaghey, yiarney (“cover with iron”)
  • yiarnait (“ferrate”)
  • yiarnal (“ironing, iron”)
  • yiarn banney (“strip iron”)
  • yiarn bwoaillt (“wrought iron”)
  • yiarn caardee (“smith's iron”)
  • yiarn calkee (“calking iron”)
  • yiarn cassee (“crisping iron”)
  • yiarn-chlou (“ferrotype”)
  • yiarn-choncraid (“ferro-concrete”)
  • 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”)
  • yiarneyder (“ironmonger”)
  • yiarneydys (“ironmongery”)
  • yiarn figganagh (“hoop iron”)
  • yiarn foldyragh (“scythe”)
  • yiarn garroo (“pig iron”)
  • yiarnghlass (“iron-grey”)
  • yiarn giarree (“an edged tool”)
  • yiarn greimmee (“grappling iron”)
  • yiarn immanagh (“driving iron”)
  • yiarnit (“ironclad, iron-shod”)
  • yiarn jeenee (“caulking iron”)
  • yiarn jiarg (“brand”)
  • yiarn lhean (“sheet iron”)
  • yiarn lockeragh (“plane iron”)
  • yiarn lostee (“searing iron”)
  • yiarn oalanagh (“waffle iron”)
  • yiarnoil (“ferrous”)
  • yiarn plaitagh (“plate iron”)
  • yiarnrey (“hardware”)
  • 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”)
  • yiarnyn bolgane (“calipers”)

References
  • “íarn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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