niver
See also: Niver
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Mid-Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈnə.vər/, /ˈnɛ̈.vəɹ/, /ˈnɜ.vəɹ/
Adverb edit
niver (not comparable)
- (Mid-Ulster, others) Alternative form of never
- 1837, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. The Second Series, London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC, chapter SEVEN DIALS, page 149:
- “Niver mind,” replies the opposition expressively, “niver mind; you go home, and, ven you're quite sober, mend your stockings.”
- 1983, William Forbes Marshall, The Lad:
- An’ niver got half his fill.
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *niβ̃er, from Latin numerus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
niver m (plural niveroù)
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
niver
Volapük edit
Noun edit
niver (nominative plural nivers)
Declension edit
Walloon edit
Etymology edit
Seemingly from Vulgar Latin *nivāre, a verb based on Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
niver
- to snow
Derived terms edit
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