náire
See also: nàire
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
náire f (genitive singular náire)
- shame
- Tá náire orm. ― I am ashamed. (literally, “Shame is on me.”)
- 1912, Patrick Pearse, Mise Éire:
- Mór mo náire:
Mo chlann féin a dhíol a máthair.- Great my shame:
My own children who sold their mother.
- Great my shame:
- Synonym: náireacht
Declension
Declension of náire
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- díth náire (“shamelessness”)
- mínáire (“shamelessness; crossness, viciousness”)
- náireach, náiriúil (“shameful; susceptible to shame, bashful, modest, diffident”)
- náirigh (“shame”)
- neamhnáire (“shamelessness, effrontery”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “náire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “náire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “náire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “náire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Old Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
náire f
- shamefacedness, bashfulness, diffidence, backwardness, reluctance
- shame, humiliation
- modesty, sense of decorum, nobility of behaviour, generosity
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