fuir

See also: fuïr

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fuyr, fuir (“to flee”), from Old French fuir, from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɥiʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

fuir

  1. (intransitive) to escape
  2. (transitive) to flee
  3. (intransitive) to leak; to have a leak
    Le robinet fuit. ― The faucet is leaking.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fuir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fuyant
/fɥi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fui
/fɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fuis
/fɥi/ 		fuis
/fɥi/ 		fuit
/fɥi/ 		fuyons
/fɥi.jɔ̃/ 		fuyez
/fɥi.je/ 		fuient
/fɥi/
imperfect fuyais
/fɥi.jɛ/ 		fuyais
/fɥi.jɛ/ 		fuyait
/fɥi.jɛ/ 		fuyions
/fɥij.jɔ̃/ 		fuyiez
/fɥij.je/ 		fuyaient
/fɥi.jɛ/
past historic2 fuis
/fɥi/ 		fuis
/fɥi/ 		fuit
/fɥi/ 		fuîmes
/fɥim/ 		fuîtes
/fɥit/ 		fuirent
/fɥiʁ/
future fuirai
/fɥi.ʁe/ 		fuiras
/fɥi.ʁa/ 		fuira
/fɥi.ʁa/ 		fuirons
/fɥi.ʁɔ̃/ 		fuirez
/fɥi.ʁe/ 		fuiront
/fɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fuirais
/fɥi.ʁɛ/ 		fuirais
/fɥi.ʁɛ/ 		fuirait
/fɥi.ʁɛ/ 		fuirions
/fɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fuiriez
/fɥi.ʁje/ 		fuiraient
/fɥi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fuie
/fɥi/ 		fuies
/fɥi/ 		fuie
/fɥi/ 		fuyions
/fɥij.jɔ̃/ 		fuyiez
/fɥij.je/ 		fuient
/fɥi/
imperfect2 fuisse
/fɥis/ 		fuisses
/fɥis/ 		fuît
/fɥi/ 		fuissions
/fɥi.sjɔ̃/ 		fuissiez
/fɥi.sje/ 		fuissent
/fɥis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fuis
/fɥi/ 		— fuyons
/fɥi.jɔ̃/ 		fuyez
/fɥi.je/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish foir, fuir (“to flee”), from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.

Verb

fuír (Hebrew spelling פ׳ואיר)[1]

  1. (intransitive, reflexive) To flee.
    Synonym: bolar
    • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎[1], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 10:
      Cualo respondire? Aiuda de ken demandare?
      En dia de tu giuzgo onde io me fuire?
      Who shall respond? Whose help shall I request? Where shall I flee on your day of judgement?

References

  1. ^ “fuir”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Middle English

Noun

fuir

  1. (Southern, West Midlands) alternative form of fyr

Middle French

Verb

fuir

  1. alternative spelling of fuyr

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fy.ir/

Noun

fuir n

  1. fire
  2. passion, emotion

Inflection

Declension of fuir (neuter a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative fuir fuir
accusative fuir fuir
genitive fuires fuiro
dative fuire fuiron

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: vuur
    • Dutch: vuur, vier (Southern)
      • Afrikaans: vuur
      • Javindo: vier
      • Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
      • Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: fir
    • Limburgish: vuur
    • West Flemish: vier
    • Zealandic: vier

Further reading

  • “fuir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere.

Verb

fuir

  1. To flee.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive fuir avoir foï, fuï
gerund en fuiant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle fuiant
past participle foï, fuï
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present fui fuis fuit fuions fuiiez fuient
imperfect fuioie, fuieie fuioies, fuieies fuioit, fuieit fuiiiens, fuiiens fuiiiez, fuiiez fuioient, fuieient
preterite foï, fuï foïs, fuïs foï, fuï foïmes, fuïmes foïstes, fuïstes foïrent, fuïrent
future fuirai fuiras fuira fuirons fuiroiz, fuireiz, fuirez fuiront
conditional fuiroie, fuireie fuiroies, fuireies fuiroit, fuireit fuiriiens, fuiriens fuiriiez, fuiriez fuiroient, fuireient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present fuie fuies fuie fuiiens, fuions fuiiez fuient
imperfect foïsse, fuïsse foïsses, fuïsses foïst, fuïst foïssons, foïssiens, fuïssons, fuïssiens foïssoiz, foïssez, foïssiez, fuïssoiz, fuïssez, fuïssiez foïssent, fuïssent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— fui — fuions fuiiez —

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Spanish

Verb

fuir

  1. (intransitive) alternative form of foir
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 4v:
      Del dezeno grado del ſigno de aries es la piedra que fuye dela leche.
      Of the tenth degree of the sign of Aries is the stone that flees from milk.

References

  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “fuir”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 270

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuˈiɾ/ [fuˈiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: fu‧ir

Verb

fuir (first-person singular present fuyo, first-person singular preterite fui, past participle fuido)

  1. obsolete form of huir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fuir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive fuir
gerund fuyendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular fuido fuida
plural fuidos fuidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present fuyo fuyestú
fuisvos 		fuye fuimos fuis fuyen
imperfect fuía fuías fuía fuíamos fuíais fuían
preterite fui fuiste fuyó fuimos fuisteis fuyeron
future fuiré fuirás fuirá fuiremos fuiréis fuirán
conditional fuiría fuirías fuiría fuiríamos fuiríais fuirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present fuya fuyastú
fuyásvos2 		fuya fuyamos fuyáis fuyan
imperfect
(ra) 		fuyera fuyeras fuyera fuyéramos fuyerais fuyeran
imperfect
(se) 		fuyese fuyeses fuyese fuyésemos fuyeseis fuyesen
future1 fuyere fuyeres fuyere fuyéremos fuyereis fuyeren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative fuyetú
fuivos 		fuya fuyamos fuid fuyan
negative no fuyas no fuya no fuyamos no fuyáis no fuyan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fuir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive fuir dative fuirme fuirte fuirle, fuirse fuirnos fuiros fuirles, fuirse
accusative fuirme fuirte fuirlo, fuirla, fuirse fuirnos fuiros fuirlos, fuirlas, fuirse
with gerund fuyendo dative fuyéndome fuyéndote fuyéndole, fuyéndose fuyéndonos fuyéndoos fuyéndoles, fuyéndose
accusative fuyéndome fuyéndote fuyéndolo, fuyéndola, fuyéndose fuyéndonos fuyéndoos fuyéndolos, fuyéndolas, fuyéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fuye dative fúyeme fúyete fúyele fúyenos not used fúyeles
accusative fúyeme fúyete fúyelo, fúyela fúyenos not used fúyelos, fúyelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fui dative fuime fuite fuile fuinos not used fuiles
accusative fuime fuite fuilo, fuila fuinos not used fuilos, fuilas
with formal second-person singular imperative fuya dative fúyame not used fúyale, fúyase fúyanos not used fúyales
accusative fúyame not used fúyalo, fúyala, fúyase fúyanos not used fúyalos, fúyalas
with first-person plural imperative fuyamos dative not used fuyámoste fuyámosle fuyámonos fuyámoos fuyámosles
accusative not used fuyámoste fuyámoslo, fuyámosla fuyámonos fuyámoos fuyámoslos, fuyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fuid dative fuidme not used fuidle fuidnos fuíos fuidles
accusative fuidme not used fuidlo, fuidla fuidnos fuíos fuidlos, fuidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fuyan dative fúyanme not used fúyanle fúyannos not used fúyanles, fúyanse
accusative fúyanme not used fúyanlo, fúyanla fúyannos not used fúyanlos, fúyanlas, fúyanse

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