neer
English
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editFrom Middle English neere, nere, from Old English *nēora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.
Cognate with Dutch nier (“kidney”), Low German nere (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (“testicles”), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”).
Noun
editneer (plural neers)
References
edit- “neer” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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editContraction of neder.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editneer
- down, downwards
- De appel viel neer van de boom.
- The apple fell down from the tree.
- Ze keek neer naar de straat vanaf haar balkon.
- She looked down at the street from her balcony.
- De vogel vloog neer naar zijn nest.
- The bird flew down to its nest.
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editEtymology
editFrom a Germanic language, possibly Middle Low German nēre (“kidney”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *neurô (“kidney”)
Noun
editneer (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Declension
editDeclension of neer (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | neer | neerud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | neeru | ||
genitive | neerude | ||
partitive | neeru | neere neerusid | |
illative | neeru neerusse |
neerudesse neeresse | |
inessive | neerus | neerudes neeres | |
elative | neerust | neerudest neerest | |
allative | neerule | neerudele neerele | |
adessive | neerul | neerudel neerel | |
ablative | neerult | neerudelt neerelt | |
translative | neeruks | neerudeks neereks | |
terminative | neeruni | neerudeni | |
essive | neeruna | neerudena | |
abessive | neeruta | neerudeta | |
comitative | neeruga | neerudega |
Middle English
editAdjective
editneer
- Alternative form of neere
Yola
editAdverb
editneer
- Alternative form of near
- 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:
- Aar's neer a vear o aam to be drine-vold.
- There is no fear of them to fall into a dry furrow or trench.
References
edit- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 111
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