neir

See also: Neir

Norman

Alternative forms

  • neî (alternative form of neir)
  • nièr, (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

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
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