Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
náireach
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
See also: nàireach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish náirech (“diffident, shy; modest”). By surface analysis, nàire (“shame”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
náireach (genitive singular masculine náirigh, genitive singular feminine náirí, plural náireacha, comparative náirí)
Declension
Derived terms
- náireachán m (“bashful, diffident, person”)
Related terms
References
- 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, 2013–2025
Remove ads
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads