Manx
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
Terms derived from yiarn
- raad yiarn (“railroad”)
- yiarnaghey, yiarney (“cover with iron”)
- yiarnagh (“ferric”)
- 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”)
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- 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”)
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- 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 thalleyragh (“goose”)
- yiarn tilgit (“cast iron”)
- yiarn T (“T section”)
- yiarn uillinagh (“angle iron”)
- yiarnyn bolgane (“calipers”)
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References
- “íarn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.