níor

níor

See also: nior

Irish

Etymology

ní +‎ -r

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲiːɾˠ]

Particle

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

1. not (preverbal particle)

   Níor thuig mé. ― I did not understand.

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

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• ní (used in other tenses)
• char (Ulster dialect)

Particle

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

1. 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 nach Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach Past/conditional Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Present subjunctive Affirmative Negative gura, gurabv nára, nárabv		Compound copular forms Base word Present/future Past/conditional má más má ba, má b’v ó (“since”) ós ó ba, ó b’v dá dá mba, dá mb’v mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv ó (“from”) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds