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From Old Irish náire,[1] from Proto-Celtic *nāryā.[2] By surface analysis, náir + -e.
náire f (genitive singular náire)
- shame
- Synonym: náireacht
- 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:
- deargnáire
- díth náire (“shamelessness”)
- mínáire (“shamelessness”)
- náireach (“shameful”)
- náirigh (“to shame”)
- náiriúil (“shameful”)
- neamhnáire (“shamelessness”)
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “náire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 46
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 235, page 85
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “náire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “náire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “náire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
From Proto-Celtic *nāryā.[1] By surface analysis, *nár (first attested in Middle Irish) + -e. See the etymology of modern Irish náir for more.
náire f
- shamefacedness, bashfulness, diffidence, backwardness, reluctance
- shame, humiliation
- modesty, sense of decorum, nobility of behaviour, generosity
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | náireL | — | — |
| vocative | náireL | — | — |
| accusative | náiriN | — | — |
| genitive | náire | — | — |
| dative | náiriL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| náire also nnáire after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
náire pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “náire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language