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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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the Gadelic forms is puzzling, and these have been referred to *isacco-, from iso-, eiso-, Gr. ἰαομαι, heal, Skr. ishayati, refresh.

iochd, clemency, humanity, Ir. iochd, clemency, confidence, M. Ir. icht, protection, E. Ir. icht, progeny, children: *pektus, root pek, pak, Lat. pectus, breast, paciscor, paction; allied to uchd. For iochd, progeny, cf. Norse átt, family (Rhys). See aicme.

ìochdar, the lower part, bottom, Ir. íochdar, O. Ir. íchtar. It is formed from ìos, ís, down, on the analogy of uachdar. See ìos.

iod, alas! Cf. Eng. tut. Also ud, oh dear!

iodhal, an image, Ir. íodhal, O. Ir. ídal; from Lat. idolum, Eng. idol.

iodhlann, a cornyard, Ir. iothlann, granary, O. Ir. ithla, g. ithland, area, W. ydlan, O. W. itlann, area: *(p)itu-landâ, "corn-land"; O. Ir. ith (g. etho), corn, W., Cor. yd, Br. ed, it; Skr. pitu, nourishment, eating, Zend pitu, food. For further connections, see ith, eat. For -lann, see lann.

iodhnadh, pangs of child-birth, Ir. iodhana, pangs, E. Ir. idu, pl. idain: *(p)idôn-; Got. fitan, travail in birth.

ìogan, deceit, fraud:

ioghar, ioghnadh; see iongar, iongnadh.

iol-, prefix denoting "many", Ir. iol-, O. Ir. il, multus: *elu-, *pelu-, many; Got., O. H. G. filu, Ger. viel, many; Gr. πολúς, many; Skr. purú. the root is pel, plâ, plê, as in G. làn, lìon, Eng. full, etc.

iola, a fishing station, fishing rock, fishing bank (Heb. and N. H.); Shet iela.

iolach, a shout, pæan, Ir. iolach, merriment, O. Ir. ilach, pæan; W. elwch, a shout. *elukko, root pel, roar; πελαγος? (St.). Cf. Ag. S. ealá, oh, alas.

iolair, eagle, Ir. iolar, M. Ir. ilur, for irur, *eruro-s, W. eryr, Cor., Br. er; Got. ara, O. H. G. aro, Ger. aar, Ag. S. earn; Lit. erélis, Prus. arelie; also Gr. ὄρνις, a bird.

iolar, down (Perthshire), also urlar: a degraded adverbial form of urlar? Or for *ior-ar, *air-air, "on-by"?

iolla, view, glance; gabh iolla ris, just look at it; cf. ealla.

iollagach, frolicsome; see iullagach.

iollain, expert (H.S.D.; Sh., O'R. iollan); from ealaidh.

iom-, the broad-vowel form of the prefix im-, q.v.

ioma, iomadh, many, many a, Ir. ioma, iomdha, E. Ir. immad, multitudo, O. Ir. imbed, copia, immde, multus (*imbde), immdugud, exuberantia: *imbeto-, from the prep. imbi, embi, now im-, mu, about (Z.2 64). Bez. queries if allied to Lat.