נִיר II m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) clearing, ploughing over. Tosef. B. Mets. IX, 24 בשעת הנ׳ (read: בשנת) in the year during which he cleared the land. —2) newly broken land. Peah II, 1 הבור והנ׳ fallow land or newly broken land. Y. Naz. VII, 56ᵇ top; a. e.—Pl. נִירִין. Shebi. IV, 3.