iodhan

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish idna m (“spear, weapon”). ==== Noun ==== iodhan m (genitive singular iodhain, plural iodhain or iodhanan) (dated) spear, javelin, pike (obsolete) birth pang ===== Alternative forms ===== (birth pang): iodhnadh === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish idan (“pure, faithful, sincere, disinterested; fitting”). ==== Adjective ==== iodhan sincere pure clean === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “iodhan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “idan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 idna, indna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language