neer
English edit
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Etymology edit
From 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 edit
neer (plural neers)
References edit
- “neer” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of neder.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
neer
- 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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Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From a Germanic language, possibly Middle Low German nēre (“kidney”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *neurô (“kidney”)
Noun edit
neer (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Declension edit
Declension 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 edit
Adjective edit
neer
- Alternative form of neere
Yola edit
Adverb edit
neer
- 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