neas

See also: neas-

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Verb

neas

1. present of nei

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish nes, ness m (“wooden mould for shaping a smith's clay furnace or oven; the clay furnace itself”).

Noun

neas m (genitive singular nis)

1. (literary) moulding block

Declension

Declension of neas

First declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an neas Genitive an nis Dative leis an neas don neas

Derived terms

• neas gabhann (“smith's (clay) furnace”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

neas (comparative neise)

1. Alternative form of deas (“near, close; convenient”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 nes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) neās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of neō

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish nes, ness (“weasel”).

Noun

neas f (genitive singular nise or neasa, plural neasan)

1. weasel
2. stoat, ermine
3. ferret

Derived terms

• neas bheag (“least weasel”)
• neas mhòr (“stoat, ermine”)

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “neas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language