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

Etymology

From Latin nigrum, accusative of niger.

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 m (nominative singular neirs)

  1. Alternative form of noir

Descendants

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /n͈ʲerʲ/

Noun

neir m

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

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

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin niger, nigrum.

Adjective

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

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

Etymology 2

From Latin veniō, venīre.

Verb

neir

  1. (Surmiran) to come
Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) vegnir
  • (Sutsilvan) vagnir
  • (Puter, Vallader) gnir
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