adhnáire

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish adnáire f (great shame), from ad- + náire f (shamefacedness, bashfulness, diffidence, backwardness or reluctance; modesty, sense of decorum, nobility of behaviour, generosity).

Noun

adhnáire f (genitive singular adhnáire)

  1. shame
  2. modesty

Declension

Declension of adhnáire (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative adhnáire
vocative a adhnáire
genitive adhnáire
dative adhnáire
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an adhnáire
genitive na hadhnáire
dative leis an adhnáire
don adhnáire

Derived terms

  • adhnáireach (shameful; modest, adjective)
  • adhnáirigh (shame, disgrace; cause to blush, transitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhnáire
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhnáire n-adhnáire hadhnáire not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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