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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish náire.
Pronunciation
Noun
nàire f
- shame, disgrace, ignominy
- bashfulness, modesty
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “nàire”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “náire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language