níos

níos

1. plural of níu

• IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiːsˠ/^[1]

From Middle Irish níd as (“a thing that is”); compare Scottish Gaelic nas.

• níosa (Munster)

níos (past tense ní ba or ní b’)

1. Used with the comparative/superlative form of adjectives to form the simple comparative

   an buachaill níos mó ― the bigger boy

   Tá an buachaill níos mó ná Séamas.

   The boy is bigger than James.

Inflected form of nigh.

• nigheas (obsolete)

níos

1. present relative of nigh

   an cailín a níos an t-éadach ― the girl who washes the clothes

2. first-person singular past of nigh

   Níos mo chuid éadaigh.

   I washed my clothes.

• (present relative): níonn
• (1st person singular past): nigh mé

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Compare ní, ghní (“does, makes”).

• ghníos

níos

1. (archaic, Aran, Ulster) present relative of déan

   an buachaill a níos an féar ― the boy who makes the hay

• ní, níonn (analytic form, also commonly used in relatives)
• dhéanas, dhéanann (forms used in Connacht and the written standard)
• dheineann (form used in Munster)