nàireach

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish náirech (“diffident, shy; modest”). By surface analysis, nàire +‎ -ach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /n̪ˠaːɾʲəx/ === Adjective === nàireach (genitive singular masculine nàirich, comparative nas nàiriche, superlative as nàiriche) modest, bashful, sheepish, shamefaced shameful, disgraceful, ignominious ==== Related terms ==== === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “nàireach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “náirech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language