nesnes

Welsh

Alternative forms

• nes nes

Etymology

Reduplication of nes.

Adjective

nesnes (feminine singular nesnes, plural nesnes, not comparable, not mutable)

1. nearer and nearer

Antonyms

• traw a thraw (“further and further”)

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nesnes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies