níor

See also: nior

Irish

Etymology

ní +‎ -r

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /nʲiːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiːɾʲ/

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 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)

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 cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv dá dá mba, dá mb’v de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv má más má ba, má b’v mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv ó (prep.) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv ó (conj.) ós ó ba, ó b’v trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds