neasach

Irish

Etymology

From neasa (“nearer, nearest”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

neasach (genitive singular masculine neasaigh, genitive singular feminine neasaí, plural neasacha, comparative neasaí)

1. proximal

Declension

Declension of neasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	neasach	neasach	neasacha
vocative	neasaigh		neasacha
genitive		neasaí	neasacha	neasach
dative	neasach	neasach; neasaigh (archaic)	neasacha
Comparative	níos neasaí
Superlative	is neasaí

Antonyms

• aimhneasach (“distal”)

Related terms

• neasacht f (“nearness, proximity”)

Noun

neasach m (genitive singular neasaigh, nominative plural neasaigh)

1. (linguistics) approximant

Declension

Declension of neasach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative neasach neasaigh vocative a neasaigh a neasacha genitive neasaigh neasach dative neasach neasaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an neasach na neasaigh genitive an neasaigh na neasach dative leis an neasach don neasach leis na neasaigh

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN