esmortir

From es- +‎ mort +‎ -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əz.murˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ez.moɾˈtiɾ]

esmortir (first-person singular present esmorteixo, first-person singular preterite esmortí, past participle esmortit)

1. (transitive) to deaden
2. (transitive) to muffle

   Synonym: esmorteir

3. (pronominal) to pass out

   Synonym: desmaiar

4. (figurative, pronominal) to pass away, to die out, to fade
   • 1920, Joaquim Ruyra, L'idil·li d'en Temme:

     A l'horitzó marí, el tornassol crepuscular, esmortint-se, moradejava.

     On the marine horizon, the crepuscular sheen, dying away, turned violet.

• esmortiment

• amortir

• “esmortir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007