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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish nem-, from Old Irish neph- (compare Scottish Gaelic neo-, Manx neu-).
Prefix
neamh-
- in-, un-, -less
- non-
Usage notes
- This prefix in Irish is added to nouns and adjectives denoting lack or negated property. It lenites the word to which it attaches.
- neamh- + suim (“interest”) → neamhshuim (“disinterest”)
- neamh- + teoranta (“inhibited, limited, restricted”) → neamhtheoranta (“uninhibited”)
- neamh- + duine (“person”) → neamhdhuine (“a nobody”)
- Written with a hyphen when preceding a word beginning with m:
- neamh- + meisce (“drunkenness”) → neamh-mheisce (“sobriety”)
- In older words, the final mh of the prefix and the initial mh of the root merge into an unlenited m:
- neamh- + maiteach (“forgiving”) → neamaiteach (“unforgiving”)
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