niar

Catalan

Etymology

From niu +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [niˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [niˈaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

niar (first-person singular present nio, first-person singular preterite nií, past participle niat)

1. to nest

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of niar (first conjugation)

infinitive			niar
gerund			niant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		niat		niada
		plural		niats		niades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	nio	nies	nia	niem	nieu	nien
	imperfect	niava	niaves	niava	niàvem	niàveu	niaven
	future	niaré	niaràs	niarà	niarem	niareu	niaran
	preterite	nií	niares	nià	niàrem	niàreu	niaren
	conditional	niaria	niaries	niaria	niaríem	niaríeu	niarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	niï	niïs	niï	niem	nieu	niïn
	imperfect	niés	niessis	niés	niéssim	niéssiu	niessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	nia	niï	niem	nieu	niïn
	negative (no)	—	no niïs	no niï	no niem	no nieu	no niïn

Alternative forms

• niuar, aniuar

Further reading

• “niar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “niar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “niar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “niar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Venetan, from Latin nigrum.

Adjective

niar

1. black

   Synonym: fosc

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin nervus.

Noun

niar

1. nerve

See also

Colors in Dalmatian · colauri (layout · text)

iualb; blanc	canaisa	fosc; niar
ros; crimisain	orangia; broin	zuola; iaur; crema
vert lima	vert	vert menta; vert menta scior; vert scior
cian; azul pitroleo	azul; zelést; zelést scior	blu; blu scior
viola; indaic	cris; purpura	ruosa

References

• Bartoli, Matteo (1906), Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Swedish

Verb

niar

1. present indicative of nia