Esperanto

Verb

neas

1. present of nei

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish nes, ness m ‎(“wooden mould for shaping a smith's clay furnace or oven; the clay furnace itself”).

Noun

neas m ‎(genitive singular nis)

1. (literary) moulding block

Declension

Derived terms

• neas gabhann ‎(“smith's (clay) furnace”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

neas ‎(comparative neise)

1. Alternative form of deas ‎(“near, close; convenient”)

References

• "neas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “2 nes(s)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Latin

Verb

neās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of neō

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish nes, ness ‎(“weasel”).

Noun

neas f ‎(genitive singular nise or neasa, plural neasan)

1. weasel
2. stoat, ermine
3. ferret

Derived terms

• neas bheag ‎(“weasel”)
• neas mhòr ‎(“stoat, ermine”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 nes(s)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.