neamhghlan
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish nemglan, from Old Irish nebglan.[2] By surface analysis, neamh- + glan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]neamhghlan (genitive singular masculine neamhghlain, genitive singular feminine neamhghlaine, plural neamhghlana, comparative neamhghlaine)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | neamhghlan | neamhghlan | neamhghlana | |
| vocative | neamhghlain | neamhghlana | ||
| genitive | neamhghlaine | neamhghlana | neamhghlan | |
| dative | neamhghlan | neamhghlan; neamhghlain (archaic) |
neamhghlana | |
| Comparative | níos neamhghlaine | |||
| Superlative | is neamhghlaine | |||
References
[edit]- ^ “neamhghlan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nem-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “neaṁ-ġlan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 513
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neamhghlan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN