nialas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nihelas, from Latin nihil (“nothing”) +‎ -as.

Numeral

nialas

zero
Synonyms: neamhnídh, náid

Declension

Declension of nialas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms
	singular
nominative	nialas
vocative	a nialais
genitive	nialais
dative	nialas

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an nialas
genitive	an nialais
dative	leis an nialas don nialas

Derived terms

dearbhnialas (“absolute zero”)
nialasach (“null”, adjective)

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nihelas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Noun

nialas

plural of niala