nire

Nire is a Basque word that functions as the first-person singular possessive determiner, meaning "my." It is placed directly before the noun it modifies, as in nire etxea, meaning "my house," or nire lagunak, meaning "my friends." The form is invariable with respect to the noun’s gender or number, and Basque possessive adjectives include nire alongside zure (your), bere (his/her/its), gure (our), zuen (your), and euren (their).

In Basque grammar, the possessive adjectives align with the possessor rather than the possessed noun. The word neure may be used in some contexts for emphasis or stylistic variation, serving a similar meaning to nire but with a different nuance.

Outside Basque usage, Nire can appear as a proper noun, acronym, or part of a name in other languages, independent of Basque meaning. In such cases, its interpretation depends on the specific language or organizational context and is not related to the Basque possessive system.