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Irish
Alternative forms
Verb
nír
- (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present indicative independent of nigh
- (archaic) second-person singular present indicative independent of déan
Usage notes
The colloquial Ulster form is the analytic construction ní tú or níonn tú in the independent and déanann tú in the dependent.
Synonyms
- déanair (dependent form in the archaic language; independent and dependent form in Connacht and the written standard)
- deinir (independent and dependent form in Munster)