Iaráin

Irish

Etymology

From Persian ('îrân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “of the Aryans”).

Proper noun

An Iaráin f (genitive na hIaráine)

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Poblacht Ioslamach na hIaráine)

Declension

Declension of Iaráin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iaráin
Vocative	a Iaráin
Genitive	Iaráine
Dative	Iaráin

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an Iaráin
Genitive	na hIaráine
Dative	leis an Iaráin don Iaráin

Derived terms

Iaránach (“Iranian”, adjective)
Iaránach m (“Iranian”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iaráin	nIaráin	hIaráin	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“Iran”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Entries containing “Iaráin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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