Old French

Adjective

neir m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular neire)

1. Alternative form of noir

Declension

Noun

neir m ‎(nominative singular neirs)

1. Alternative form of noir

Descendants

• Norman: nièr

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈ʲerʲ/

Noun

neir m

1. inflection of ner ‎(“boar”):
   1. vocative singular
   2. genitive singular
   3. nominative plural

Mutation

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