nimhneach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish neimnech.[1] By surface analysis, nimh (“poison”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

nimhneach (genitive singular masculine nimhnigh, genitive singular feminine nimhní, plural nimhneacha, comparative nimhní)

  1. painful, sore; hurtful
  2. venomous, spiteful; over-sensitive, touchy (of person)

Declension

Declension of nimhneach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative nimhneach nimhneach nimhneacha
vocative nimhnigh nimhneacha
genitive nimhní nimhneacha nimhneach
dative nimhneach nimhneach;
nimhnigh (archaic) 		nimhneacha
Comparative níos nimhní
Superlative is nimhní

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 neimnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

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