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

	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 after a proclitic ending in a vowel	neir pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

• nair (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• ner (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)

Antonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) alv
• (Vallader) alb

Etymology 2

From Latin veniō, venīre.

Verb

neir

1. (Surmiran) to come

Alternative forms

• vegnir (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• vagnir (Sutsilvan)
• gnir (Puter, Vallader)