adhnáire

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhnáireacht, aghaidhnáire, aghnáire

Etymology

From Old Irish adnáire f (“great shame”), from ad- + náire f (“shamefacedness, bashfulness, diffidence, backwardness or reluctance; modesty, sense of decorum, nobility of behaviour, generosity”).

Noun

adhnáire f (genitive singular adhnáire)

1. shame
2. modesty

Declension

Declension of adhnáire

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative adhnáire Vocative a adhnáire Genitive adhnáire Dative adhnáire

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an adhnáire Genitive na hadhnáire Dative leis an adhnáire don adhnáire

Derived terms

• adhnáireach (“shameful; modest”, adjective)
• adhnáirigh (“shame, disgrace; cause to blush”, transitive verb)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhnáire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “adnáire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “adhnáire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.