neir

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Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French neir, from Latin niger.

Adjective

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neir m

  1. (France) black

Old French

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Adjective

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neir m (oblique and nominative feminine singular neire)

  1. Alternative form of noir

Declension

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Noun

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neir oblique singularm (nominative singular neirs)

  1. Alternative form of noir

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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neir m

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

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
neir
also nneir after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
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

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Etymology 1

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From Latin nigrum.

Adjective

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

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

Etymology 2

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From Latin veniō, venīre.

Verb

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neir

  1. (Surmiran) to come
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