nimhneachas

Irish

Alternative forms

• nimhneacht, nimhneadas, nimhneas, nimhní

Etymology

From nimhneach (“over-sensitive, touchy”) +‎ -as.

Noun

nimhneachas m (genitive singular nimhneachais)

1. painfulness, soreness; hurtfulness
2. Alternative form of nimheadas (“venomousness, virulence, spitefulness”)

Declension

Declension of nimhneachas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative nimhneachas vocative a nimhneachais genitive nimhneachais dative nimhneachas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an nimhneachas genitive an nimhneachais dative leis an nimhneachas don nimhneachas

Further reading

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