iaró

Irish

Alternative forms

  • iarmhó, iarmhua, iarua

Etymology

By surface analysis, iar- (“after”) +‎ ó (“grandson, descendant”), but the existence of alternative form iarmhó and Middle Irish tíarmórthaid (“descendant”)[1] suggests this may be a folk etymology. Compare Scottish Gaelic iar-ogha.

Noun

iaró m (genitive singular iaró, nominative plural iaróí or iaraimh or iaróibh)

  1. descendant (especially a relatively remote one)
  2. great-grandchild, great-grandson

Declension

Declension of iaró (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative iaró iaróí
vocative a iaró a iaróí
genitive iaró iaróí
dative iaró iaróí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-iaró na hiaróí
genitive an iaró na n-iaróí
dative leis an iaró
don iaró 		leis na hiaróí
  • Alternative plural: iaraimh
  • Alternative plural (originally dative plural): iaróibh

Synonyms

  • (descendant): sliochtach
  • (great-grandchild): fionnó

Mutation

Mutated forms of iaró
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iaró n-iaró hiaró t-iaró

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

References

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “iarua”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 588; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “iaró”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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