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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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iargail, the west, evening twilight, Ir. iargúl, remote district, iargcúl (Con.); from iar and cúl, back: "begind", west. iargalta, churlish, inhospitable, surly, turbulent (M'A.), Ir. iarcúlta, churlish, backward.
iargall, battle, contest, so Ir., O. Ir. irgal: air+gal, the air being air(a). See gal.
iarghuil, sound, noise; see uirghioll.
iarla, an earl, Ir. iarla, M. Ir. íarla; from Norse jarl, Eng. earl. W. has iarll.
iarmad, offspring, remnant, Ir. iarmat, offspring (O'B.), iarmart, consequences of anything, iarmhar, remnant; root mar, remain. See mar.
iarmailt, the firmament, for *fiarmaint, Ir. fiormaimeint, M. Ir. firmeint, E. Ir. firmimenti (g.); from Lat. firmamentum. Cf. Tormailt, Norman.
iarna, a hank of yarn, Ir. íarna, a chain or hank of yarn; from Eng. yarn.
iarnaich, smooth with an iron; from iarunn.
iarogha, great grandson, O. Ir. iarmui, abnepotes; from air and ogha: "post-nepos".
iarr, ask, Ir., E. Ir. iarraim, I seek, ask, iarrair, a seeking, iarair: *iarn-ari-, "after-go", root (p)ar, per, go, seek, bring, through, Gr. πεῖρα, experience, Lat. ex-perior, try, Eng. experience, etc. (Stokes). See aire further for root.
iarunn, iron, Ir. iarann, M. Ir. iarund, O. Ir. iarn, W. haiarn, hearn, Corn. hoern, O. Br. hoiarn, Br. houarn, Gaul. isarnodori, ferrei ostii: *eisarno-; Got. eisarn, O. H. G. isarn, Ger. eisen, Eng. iron (all borrowed from Celtic according to Brugmann, Stokes, etc.). Shräder regards the eis or îs of eisarno- as only a different vowel-scale form of I. E. ayos, ayes-, metal, whence Lat. aes, Eng. ore.
iasachd, iasad, a loan, Ir. iasachd, E. Ir. iasacht:
iasg, fish, Ir. iasg, O. Ir. íasc, œsc, g. éisc; *eisko-, *peisko-; Lat. piscis, fish; Got. fisks, Eng. fish.
†ibh, drink, M. G. ibh (M'V.), Ir. ibhim (Con. íbhim), O. Ir. ibim, O. W. iben, bibimus, Cor. evaf, Br. eva: *ibô, *pibô; Lat. bibo; Skr. pibamî.
ic, cure, heal, so Ir.; see ioc.
ìc, an addition, eke, frame put under a beehive (Carm.); Sc. eik.
idir, at all, Ir. idir, O. Ir. itir, etir: *enteri, a locative case of enter, the stem of the prep. eadar, q.v.
ifrinn, hell, Ir. ifrionn, E. Ir. ifern(d), O. Ir. ifurnn; from Lat. infernum, adj. infernus, Eng. infernal.
igh, tallow (Sh.), fat (H.S.D., which marks it as obsolete), M. Ir. íth, g. itha, Manx eeh: root pi, pei, Gr. πίων, Skr. pínas, fat.
