nír

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See also: nir, NIR, nîr, -nir, and N. Ir.

Irish

Alternative forms

Verb

nír

  1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present indicative independent of nigh
  2. (archaic) second-person singular present indicative independent of déan

Usage notes

The colloquial Ulster form is the analytic construction or níonn in the independent and déanann 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)