náire

From Old Irish náire.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠɑːɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠæːɾʲə/

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.

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

• "náire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “náire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “náire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From nár +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈn͈aːrʲe/

náire f

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

• innáire

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