náireach
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: nàireach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish náirech (“diffident, shy; modest”). By surface analysis, nàire (“shame”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]náireach (genitive singular masculine náirigh, genitive singular feminine náirí, plural náireacha, comparative náirí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of náireach
Derived terms
[edit]- náireachán m (“bashful, diffident, person”)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “náireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “náirech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “náireach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “náireach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024