neir

Norman

Alternative forms

• neî (alternative form of neir)
• nièr, né (Jersey)
• naer (Guernsey)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French neir, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin niger.

Adjective

neir m

1. (France) black

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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 oblique singular, m (nominative singular neirs)

1. Alternative form of noir

Descendants

• Norman: nièr

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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
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.

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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