# nead
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish net, from Proto-Celtic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /nʲad̪ˠ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /n̠ʲad̪ˠ/

### Noun

nead f (genitive singular neide, nominative plural neadacha or neadracha or neada) or nead m (genitive singular nid, nominative plural nid)
* nest
* bed, lair; snug abode, home; den (room of a house)
* close group, gang

#### Declension

As feminine noun with strong plural:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
nead
neadacha
vocative
a nead
a neadacha
genitive
neide
neadacha
dative
nead
neadacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an nead
na neadacha
genitive
na neide
na neadacha
dative
leis an nead don nead
leis na neadacha :
* Alternative plural: neadracha
As feminine noun with weak plural:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
nead
neada
vocative
a nead
a neada
genitive
neide
nead
dative
nead
neada
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an nead
na neada
genitive
na neide
na nead
dative
leis an nead don nead
leis na neada :
As masculine noun:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
nead
nid
vocative
a nid
a neada
genitive
nid
nead
dative
nead
nid
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an nead
na nid
genitive
an nid
na nead
dative
leis an nead don nead
leis na nid :

#### Derived terms

* neadaigh (“nest; nestle; bed, set; lodge, settle”)
* neadaireacht (“nesting, nest-building”)
* nead choille (“wood anemone”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “net”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 25, page 15
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 250, page 90

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nead”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “nead”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “nead”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Old English
### Noun

nēad f
* Alternative form of nīed

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish net, from Proto-Celtic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis, Harris, North Uist) IPA: /ɲɛ̃t̪/, [ɲæt̪]
* (Benbecula, South Uist, Barra) IPA: /ɲɪ̃t̪/

### Noun

nead m (genitive singular nid, plural nid or neadan)
* nest

#### Derived terms

* neadaich (“nestle”)

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* 1 2 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap