níor

See also: nior

Irish

Etymology

ní +‎ -r

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /nʲiːɾˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiːɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiːɾʲ/^[1]

Particle

níor (triggers lenition of a following consonant, except in the past autonomous)

not (preverbal particle)
Níor thuig mé. ― I did not understand.

Níor chuala mé thú. ― I did not hear you.

Usage notes

Used only in the past tense, except for some irregular verbs that use ní instead.

Related terms

ní (used in other tenses)
char (Ulster)

Particle

níor (form used before vowels níorbh) (copular form; used before consonants; triggers lenition)

not (used in the past/conditional)
Níor cheardaí an té a rinne é. ― Whoever made it was no tradesman.

Related terms

Irish copular forms
simple copular forms
		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
present/future
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct	is	nach	–
relative clause	indirect	ar, arb^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur, gurb^v		an	nach
past/conditional
main clause		ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
relative clause	direct	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v	–
relative clause	indirect	ar, arbh^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
present subjunctive
–		gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v	–

compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár, cárb^v		cár, cárbh^v
cé		cér, cérb^v		cér, cérbh^v
dá		–		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do		dar, darb^v		dar, darbh^v
faoi		faoinar, faoinarb^v		faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i		inar, inarb^v		inar, inarbh^v
le		lenar, lenarb^v		lenar, lenarbh^v
má		más		má ba, má b’^v
mura		mura, murab^v		murar, murarbh^v
ó (preposition)		ónar, ónarb^v		ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conjunction)		ós		ó ba, ó b’^v
trí		trínar, trínarb^v		trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101