náir
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish nár,[3] from Proto-Celtic *nāros (“noble? modest?”), either from a lengthened o-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“man, manliness”)[4] or from a Proto-Indo-European *neh₂-sr- (“fearful”) and thus related to Hittite 𒈾𒄴𒊭𒅈𒉡𒍣 (na-aḫ-ša-ar-nu-zi /naḫšarnuzi/, “to frighten”).[5][6][7]
Adjective
[edit]náir (genitive singular feminine náire, plural náire, comparative náire)
- ashamed [in a copular construction with le]
- is náir liom (go) […] ― I am ashamed (that) […]
- modest
- shameful
- (literary) noble, honourable
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | náir | náir | náire | |
| vocative | náir | náire | ||
| genitive | náire | náire | náir | |
| dative | náir | náir | náire | |
| Comparative | níos náire | |||
| Superlative | is náire | |||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “náir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “nár”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 508
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nár”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nāro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
- ^ Tischler, Johann (1990–2006) Hethitisches etymologisches Glossar (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 20) (in German), volume 2, Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, page 247
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*neh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 449
- ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 592
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “náir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 506
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “náir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN