níor

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See also: nior

Irish

Etymology

ní +‎ -r

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /nʲiːɾˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiːɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiːɾʲ/^[1]

Particle

níor (triggers lenition of a following consonant, except in the past autonomous)

not (preverbal particle)
Níor thuig mé. ― I did not understand.

Níor chuala mé thú. ― I did not hear you.

Usage notes

Used only in the past tense, except for some irregular verbs that use ní instead.

Related terms

ní (used in other tenses)
char (Ulster)

Particle

níor (form used before vowels níorbh) (copular form; used before consonants; triggers lenition)

not (used in the past/conditional)
Níor cheardaí an té a rinne é. ― Whoever made it was no tradesman.

Related terms

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms

Present/future
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	is	ní	an	nach
Direct relative clauses	is	nach
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arb^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurb^v		an	nach
Past/conditional
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Direct relative clauses	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arbh^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Present subjunctive
	Affirmative	Negative
	gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v

Compound copular forms

Base word	Present/future	Past/conditional
cá	cár, cárb^v	cár, cárbh^v
cé	cér, cérb^v	cér, cérbh^v
dá		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do	dar, darb^v	dar, darbh^v
faoi	faoinar, faoinarb^v	faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i	inar, inarb^v	inar, inarbh^v
le	lenar, lenarb^v	lenar, lenarbh^v
má	más	má ba, má b’^v
mura	mura, murab^v	murar, murarbh^v
ó (prep.)	ónar, ónarb^v	ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conj.)	ós	ó ba, ó b’^v
trí	trínar, trínarb^v	trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101

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