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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
nàird, a nàird, upwards, Ir. anáirde, E. Ir. i n-ardi, i n-airddi; prep. in (now an) into, and àirde, height: "into height". This adverb is similar in construction to a bhàn, a mach, a steach, etc., for which see a number 6.
nàire, shame, Ir. náire, E. Ir. náre: *nagro-, shameful, root nagh, be sober, Gr. νήφω (do.), Ger. nüchtern, fasting, sober.
nàisneach, modest; compare the next word.
nàistinn, care, wariness; from Norse njósn, spying, looking out, Got. niuhseini, visitation (ἐπισκοπή), Ag. S. neósan, search out.
naitheas, harm, mischief:
nall, from over, to this side, Ir., O. Ir. annall; from an (see a 5) and all of thall, q.v.
nàmhaid, an enemy, Ir. námhaid, g. namhad, O. Ir. náma, g. námat, pl.n. námait: *nâmant-, root nôm, nem, seize, take; Gr. νέμεσις, wrath, nemesis, νωμάω, νέμω, distribute; O. H. G. nâma, rapine, Ger. nehmen, take, Eng. nimble; Zend. nemanh, crime, Alb. name, a curse. Cf. W., Corn., and Br. nam, blame.
na’n (na’m), if (with false supposition), M. G. dane, da n-, da m- (D. of Lis.), Ir. da, dá (for da n-, eclipsing), E. Ir. dá n-, día n-, O. Ir. dian: the prep. di or de and rel. an; Manx dy. The G. form with n for d is puzzling, though its descent from da n- seems undoubted.
naoi, nine, so Ir., O. Ir. nói n-, W., Corn. naw, Br. nao: *neuṇ; Lat. novem; Gr. ἐν-νέα; Eng. nine, Ger. neun; Skr. návan.
naoidhean, an infant, so Ir., O. Ir. nóidiu, gen. nóiden: *ne-vid-, "non-witted"? Cf. for force Gr. νήπιος, infant (= νη-πιος, not-wise one), from -πιφos, wise, πινυτός (do.), root qei of ciall, q.v. So Stokes in Celt.Ph.2; now *no-vidiôn (no = ne); cf. Gr. νήπιος.
naomh, holy, Ir. naomh, E. Ir. nóem, nóeb, O. Ir. nóib: *noibo-s; O.Pers. naiba, beautiful, Pers. nîw (do.). Bez. suggests the alternative of Lettic naigs, quite beautiful.
naosga, a snipe, Ir. naosga: *snoib-sko-, root sneib, snib of Eng. snipe?
nar, negative particle of wishing: *ni-air, for not; air and nì.
nàsag, an empty shell:
nasg, a band, tieband, collar, Ir., E. Ir. nasc: *nasko-; O. H. G. nusca, fibula, Norse nist, brooch: *ṇdh-sko-, root ṇdh (Brug.). The verg nasg, O. Ir. -nascim, appears in Br. as naska. The root nedh is in Skr. nahyati. Others make the root negh of Lat. nexus, etc., and the root snet of snàth, q.v., has been suggested. See snaim further.
nasgaidh, gratis, free, Ir. a n-aisge, freely, aisge, a gift. See asgaidh.
