neeghe

Yola

Alternative forms

• nich

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-

Proto-Germanic *nēhwazder.

Proto-Germanic *nēhw

Proto-West Germanic *nāhw

Old English nēah

Middle English neygh

Yola neeghe

Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːx/, /nɪx/

Preposition

neeghe (comparative neicher)

1. nigh
   • 1867, “OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR“, page 18, 19:

     Neeghe a heighe thoornes (or thoweares) o' Culpake

     Nigh the high towers (or thorns) of Culpake.

   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 2-3:

     Hea raan awye del hea caame neeghe Burstheoune.

     He ran away until he came nigh to Bridgetown.

Derived terms

• neemest

References

• 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, pages 59, 18, 19, 110