cenyir
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin cingere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. Compare Spanish ceñir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]cenyir (first-person singular present cenyeixo, first-person singular preterite cenyí, past participle cenyit)
- (transitive) to encircle, to gird
- (transitive) to surround
- (transitive, of clothing) to be tight
- (figurative, reflexive) to limit, restrict
- 2021 November 4, Xabi Barrena, “Pere Aragonès avisa Junts que el pacte pressupostari se cenyeix a la CUP”, in Diari de Girona[1]:
- Pere Aragonès avisa Junts que el pacte pressupostari se cenyeix a la CUP [title]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of cenyir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
infinitive | cenyir | ||||||
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gerund | cenyint | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cenyit | cenyida | |||||
plural | cenyits | cenyides | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | cenyeixo | cenyeixes | cenyeix | cenyim | cenyiu | cenyeixen | |
imperfect | cenyia | cenyies | cenyia | cenyíem | cenyíeu | cenyien | |
future | cenyiré | cenyiràs | cenyirà | cenyirem | cenyireu | cenyiran | |
preterite | cenyí | cenyires | cenyí | cenyírem | cenyíreu | cenyiren | |
conditional | cenyiria | cenyiries | cenyiria | cenyiríem | cenyiríeu | cenyirien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | cenyeixi | cenyeixis | cenyeixi | cenyim | cenyiu | cenyeixin | |
imperfect | cenyís | cenyissis | cenyís | cenyíssim | cenyíssiu | cenyissin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | cenyeix | cenyeixi | cenyim | cenyiu | cenyeixin | |
negative (no) | — | no cenyeixis | no cenyeixi | no cenyim | no cenyiu | no cenyeixin |
Further reading
[edit]- “cenyir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cenyir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cenyir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.