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

Related terms

• 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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “náirech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language