Scottish Gaelic

Noun

nàire f

1. shame, disgrace, ignominy
2. bashfulness, modesty

Derived terms

• mo nàire
• nàireach
• nàireachadh

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
• “náire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.