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. (France) black

Old French

Adjective

neir m (oblique and nominative feminine singular neire)

  1. Alternative form of noir

Declension
Declension of neir
Number 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
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
neir
also nneir after a proclitic		 neir
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/		 unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.