neamh-

From Middle Irish nem- (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scottish Gaelic neo-, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Manx neu-).

neamh-

1. in-, un-, -less
2. non-

• This affix in Irish is added to nouns and adjectives denoting lack or negated property. It lenites the word to which it attaches.

  suim (“interest”) > neamhshuim (“disinterest”)

  teoranta (“inhibited, limited, restricted”) > neamhtheoranta (“uninhibited”)

  duine (“person”) > neamhdhuine (“a nobody”)

• Written with a hyphen when preceding a word beginning with m:

  meisce (“drunkenness”) > neamh-mheisce (“sobriety”)

• dí-
• do-
• éa-
• mí-

• so-

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neamh-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN