adhnáire
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish adnáire f (“great shame”), from ad- + náire f (“shamefacedness, bashfulness, diffidence, backwardness or reluctance; modesty, sense of decorum, nobility of behaviour, generosity”).
Declension
Declension of adhnáire
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- adhnáireach (“shameful; modest”, adjective)
- adhnáirigh (“shame, disgrace; cause to blush”, transitive verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhnáire | n-adhnáire | hadhnáire | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “adhnáire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “adnáire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “adhnáire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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