"náir" meaning in Irish

See náir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle Irish nár, from Proto-Celtic *nāros (“noble? modest?”), either from a lengthened o-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“man, manliness”) or from a Proto-Indo-European *neh₂-sr- (“fearful”) and thus related to Hittite 𒈾𒄴𒊭𒅈𒉡𒍣 (na-aḫ-ša-ar-nu-zi /⁠naḫšarnuzi⁠/, “to frighten”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|nár}} Middle Irish nár, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*nāros|t=noble? modest?}} Proto-Celtic *nāros (“noble? modest?”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*h₂nḗr|t=man, manliness}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“man, manliness”), {{m+|ine-pro|*neh₂-sr-|t=fearful}} Proto-Indo-European *neh₂-sr- (“fearful”), {{cog|hit|𒈾𒄴𒊭𒅈𒉡𒍣|t=to frighten|tr=na-aḫ-ša-ar-nu-zi|ts=naḫšarnuzi}} Hittite 𒈾𒄴𒊭𒅈𒉡𒍣 (na-aḫ-ša-ar-nu-zi /⁠naḫšarnuzi⁠/, “to frighten”) Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective||{{{gsm}}}|genitive singular feminine|náire||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|náire||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|náire|||head=}} náir (genitive singular feminine náire, plural náire, comparative náire), {{ga-adj|comp=~e|gsf=~e|pl=~e}} náir (genitive singular feminine náire, plural náire, comparative náire) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-adj||náir|gsf=~e|pl=~e}} Forms: náire [feminine, genitive, singular], náire [plural], náire [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], náir [masculine, nominative, singular], náir [feminine, nominative, singular], náire [nominative, plural], náir [masculine, singular, vocative], náir [feminine, singular, vocative], náire [plural, vocative], náir [genitive, masculine, singular], náire [feminine, genitive, singular], náire [genitive, plural, strong], náir [genitive, plural, weak], náir [dative, masculine, singular], náir [dative, feminine, singular], náire [dative, plural], níos náire [comparative], is náire [superlative]
  1. ashamed [in a copular construction with le]
    Sense id: en-náir-ga-adj-ttnlbIit
  2. modest
    Sense id: en-náir-ga-adj-q3ZYjCpG
  3. shameful
    Sense id: en-náir-ga-adj-hqjR0-G4
  4. (literary) noble, honourable Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-náir-ga-adj-WAXfZBA7 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 28 12 4 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 0 0 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nár Derived forms: náire
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