Irish

Noun

náire f ‎(genitive singular náire)

1. shame

   Tá náire orm.‎

   I am ashamed

   (lit. "Shame is on me").

   • 1912, Patrick Pearse, Mise Éire:

     Mór mo náire:
     Mo chlann féin a dhíol a máthair.

     Great my shame:
     My own children who sold their mother.

Derived terms

• díth náire ‎(“shamelessness”)
• mínáire ‎(“shamelessness; crossness, viciousness”)
• náireach, náiriúil ‎(“shameful; susceptible to shame, bashful, modest, diffident”)
• náirigh ‎(“shame”)
• neamhnáire ‎(“shamelessness, effrontery”)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn͈aːrʲe/

Etymology

From nár +‎ -e.

Noun

náire f

1. shamefacedness, bashfulness, diffidence, backwardness, reluctance
2. shame, humiliation
3. modesty, sense of decorum, nobility of behaviour, generosity

Inflection

Derived terms

• innáire

Descendants

• Irish: náire
• Manx: nearey
• Scottish Gaelic: nàire