nàireach

See also: náireach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish náirech (“diffident, shy; modest”). By surface analysis, nàire +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /n̪ˠaːɾʲəx/

Adjective

nàireach (genitive singular masculine nàirich, comparative nàiriche)

  1. modest, bashful, sheepish, shamefaced
  2. shameful, disgraceful, ignominious
  • 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
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “nàireach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 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
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