neasach

Irish

Etymology

From neasa (“nearer, nearest”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

neasach (genitive singular masculine neasaigh, genitive singular feminine neasaí, plural neasacha, comparative neasaí)

1. proximal

Declension

Declension of neasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	neasach	neasach	neasacha
Vocative	neasaigh		neasacha
Genitive		neasaí	neasacha	neasach
Dative	neasach	neasach; neasaigh (archaic)	neasacha
Comparative	níos neasaí
Superlative	is neasaí

Antonyms

• aimhneasach (“distal”)

Related terms

• neasacht f (“nearness, proximity”)

Noun

neasach m (genitive singular neasaigh, nominative plural neasaigh)

1. (linguistics) approximant

Declension

Declension of neasach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative neasach neasaigh Vocative a neasaigh a neasacha Genitive neasaigh neasach Dative neasach neasaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an neasach na neasaigh Genitive an neasaigh na neasach Dative leis an neasach don neasach leis na neasaigh

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN