níos
Asturian
editNoun
editníos
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Irish níd as (“a thing that is”); compare Scottish Gaelic nas.
Alternative forms
editParticle
editníos (past tense ní ba or ní b’)
- Used with the comparative/superlative form of adjectives to form the simple comparative
- an buachaill níos mó ― the bigger boy
- Tá an buachaill níos mó ná Séamas.
- The boy is bigger than James.
Etymology 2
editInflected form of nigh.
Alternative forms
edit- nigheas (obsolete)
Verb
editníos
- present relative of nigh
- an cailín a níos an t-éadach ― the girl who washes the clothes
- first-person singular past of nigh
- Níos mo chuid éadaigh.
- I washed my clothes.
Synonyms
editEtymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Compare ní, ghní (“does, makes”).
Alternative forms
editVerb
editníos
- (archaic, Aran, Ulster) present relative of déan
- an buachaill a níos an féar ― the boy who makes the hay
Synonyms
edit- ní, níonn (analytic form, also commonly used in relatives)
- dhéanas, dhéanann (forms used in Connacht and the written standard)
- dheineann (form used in Munster)
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117
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