neart.
strength, force, power, ability
Meaning & usage
strength, force, power, ability
Ní neart go cur le chéile.
a large amount (followed by the genitive; usually translated into English by plenty, much, many or a lot)
Tá neart airgid aige.
Bhí neart daoine sa seomra.
power to prevent, to remedy
Níl neart ar an mbás (ach pósadh arís).
Where this word comes from
From Old Irish nert (“strength”), from Proto-Celtic *nertom (“strength, force”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ner-to- (“virile, strong”), a derivative of *h₂nḗr (“man; vital energy”). Compare with Breton nerzh, Cornish nerth and Welsh nerth. For the sense “a large amount” compare the now dated English expression a power of (“a large amount of”).
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