neas

See also: neas- and ne-aș

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Pronunciation

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Verb

neas

  1. present of nei

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish nes, ness m (wooden mould).[2]

Noun

neas m (genitive singular nis)

  1. (literary) moulding block
Declension
Declension of neas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative neas
vocative a nis
genitive nis
dative neas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an neas
genitive an nis
dative leis an neas
don neas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Back-formation from neasa (nearer), reinforced by homophony with i ndeas (near); compare neas-.

Adjective

neas (comparative neasa or neise)

  1. (Ulster) near, close
    Synonym: deas

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 250, page 90
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 nes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Latin

Verb

neās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of neō

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish nes, ness (weasel).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. weasel
  2. stoat, ermine
  3. ferret

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99[2], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “neas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language