nimhneach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish neimnech. 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
Positive singular plural
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. ^ “nimhneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 neimnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 106, page 22
  4. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 363, page 114; reprinted 1988
  5. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 31, page 11
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 256, page 92

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