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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish náirech (“diffident, shy; modest”). By surface analysis, nàire + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nàireach (genitive singular masculine nàirich, comparative nàiriche)
- modest, bashful, sheepish, shamefaced
- shameful, disgraceful, ignominious
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “nàireach”, 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), “náirech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language