neir

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Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

neir oblique singularm (nominative singular neirs)

  1. Alternative form of noir

Descendants

  • Norman: nièr

Old Irish

Pronunciation

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.

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