TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
náireach, a1. 1. Shameful. Gníomh ~, shameful deed. Is ~ dó é, it is a shame for him. Más ~ le rá é, though shameful to relate. 2. Susceptible to shame, bashful, modest, diffident. Dreach ~, bashful appearance. Naíonda ~, childlike and demure. S.a. éadálach.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní bhíonn fear náireach ~, [’a diffident man does not get many perquisites’, if you will not ask you will not get.
~ sé é féin, he disgraced himself.
Ná ~ do mhuintir, don’t bring shame on your people.
Is náireach uait é, it is a shame for you.