"níos" meaning in Irish

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          "english": "the bigger boy",
          "text": "an buachaill níos mó",
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          "english": "The boy is bigger than James.",
          "text": "Tá an buachaill níos mó ná Séamas.",
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          "english": "the girl who washes the clothes",
          "text": "an cailín a níos an t-éadach",
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          "english": "I washed my clothes.",
          "text": "Níos mo chuid éadaigh.",
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        "first-person singular past of nigh"
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          "english": "the boy who makes the hay",
          "text": "an buachaill a níos an féar",
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          "word": "dhéanann"
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          "english": "the bigger boy",
          "text": "an buachaill níos mó",
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        {
          "english": "The boy is bigger than James.",
          "text": "Tá an buachaill níos mó ná Séamas.",
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        "Used with the comparative/superlative form of adjectives to form the simple comparative"
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      "word": "níosa"
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