Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to neigh
Participle: neighed
Gerund: neighing
Indicative
Present
| I | neigh |
| you | neigh |
| he;she;it | neighs |
| we | neigh |
| you | neigh |
| they | neigh |
Perfect
| I | have neighed |
| you | have neighed |
| he;she;it | has neighed |
| we | have neighed |
| you | have neighed |
| they | have neighed |
Past
| I | neighed |
| you | neighed |
| he;she;it | neighed |
| we | neighed |
| you | neighed |
| they | neighed |
Pluperfect
| I | had neighed |
| you | had neighed |
| he;she;it | had neighed |
| we | had neighed |
| you | had neighed |
| they | had neighed |
Future
| I | will neigh |
| you | will neigh |
| he;she;it | will neigh |
| we | will neigh |
| you | will neigh |
| they | will neigh |
Future Perfect
| I | will have neighed |
| you | will have neighed |
| he;she;it | will have neighed |
| we | will have neighed |
| you | will have neighed |
| they | will have neighed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | neigh |
| you | neigh |
| he;she;it | neigh |
| we | neigh |
| you | neigh |
| they | neigh |
Perfect
| I | have neighed |
| you | have neighed |
| he;she;it | have neighed |
| we | have neighed |
| you | have neighed |
| they | have neighed |
Imperfect
| I | neighed |
| you | neighed |
| he;she;it | neighed |
| we | neighed |
| you | neighed |
| they | neighed |
Pluperfect
| I | had neighed |
| you | had neighed |
| he;she;it | had neighed |
| we | had neighed |
| you | had neighed |
| they | had neighed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would neigh |
| you | would neigh |
| he;she;it | would neigh |
| we | would neigh |
| you | would neigh |
| they | would neigh |
Perfect
| I | would have neighed |
| you | would have neighed |
| he;she;it | would have neighed |
| we | would have neighed |
| you | would have neighed |
| they | would have neighed |
Imperative
| you | neigh |
| we | Let's neigh |
| you | neigh |
Verbs conjugated like 'neigh'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'neigh'
nigh,
weigh,
bergh,
besigh,
deign,
feign,
high,
inveigh,
neg,
nesh,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English neyen, from Old English hnǣġan, from Proto-West Germanic *hnaijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjaną (“to neigh”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch neien, Middle Low German neigen, Swedish gnägga, Icelandic hneggja. See: Middle English '
neyen', Middle English '
neyen', Proto-Germanic '
*hnajjaną', Dutch '
neien', Swedish '
gnägga', Icelandic '
hneggja'.
Verbs referencing "neigh"
Swedish
gnägga.
Sample Sentences
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For hovv […] ſhall I knovv thee to be a man, vvhen thou kickeſt like an aſſe, neygheſt like an Horſe after vvomen, raueſt in luſt like a Bull, raueneſt like a Beare, ſtingeſt like a Scorpion, rakeſt like a VVolfe, as ſuttle as a Foxe, as impudent as a Dogge; ſhall I ſay thou art man that haſt all the Symptomes of a beaſt? [1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Democritus Iunior to the Reader”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, page 41:]
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"I went into the stable first to see to the horse, and found him neighing and waiting for his hay, so I went up into the hay-loft for an armful[.]" [1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 33:]
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Yes, yes, 'tis he. I will assure you Uncle, the very he, the he your Wisdom plaid withal, I thank you for't, neighed at his Nakedness, and made his Cold and Poverty your Pastime; […] [c. 1614, John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:]