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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish nemglan, from Old Irish nebglan. By surface analysis, neamh- + glan.
Pronunciation
Adjective
neamhghlan (genitive singular masculine neamhghlain, genitive singular feminine neamhghlaine, plural neamhghlana, comparative neamhghlaine)
- unclean, impure
Declension
References
- ^ “neamhghlan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nem-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122
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