nàireach
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See also: náireach
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish náirech (“diffident, shy; modest”). By surface analysis, nàire + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nàireach (genitive singular masculine nàirich, comparative nàiriche)
Related terms[edit]
- cnàmh-nàireach (“demure, sober, decent, grave”)
- dì-nàireach (“shameless”)
- gnùis-nàireach (“bashful”)
- leamh-nàireach (“bashful, coy”)
- mì-nàireach (“shameless, impudent”)
- nàrach (“ashamed; bashful, blate, coy, diffident”)
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “nàireach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “náirech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language