neir

See also: Neir

Norman

Alternative forms

  • neî (alternative form of neir)
  • nièr, né (Jersey)
  • naer (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French neir, from Latin niger.

Adjective

neir m

  1. (continental) black

Old French

Adjective

neir m (oblique and nominative feminine singular neire)

  1. alternative form of noir

Declension

Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject neirs neire neir
oblique neir neire neir
plural subject neir neires neir
oblique neirs neires neir

Noun

neir oblique singular, m (nominative singular neirs)

  1. alternative form of noir

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n͈ʲerʲ/

Noun

neir m

  1. inflection of ner (“boar”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Mutation

Mutation of neir
radical lenition nasalization
neir
also nneir in h-prothesis environments		 neir
pronounced with /nʲ-/		 neir
also nneir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin nigrum.

Adjective

neir m (feminine singular neira, masculine plural neirs, feminine plural neiras)

  1. (Surmiran) black
Alternative forms
Antonyms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) alv
  • (Vallader) alb

Etymology 2

From Latin veniō, venīre.

Verb

neir

  1. (Surmiran) to come
Alternative forms
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