murir
See also: mûrir
French
Etymology
From mûr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.ʁiʁ/
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Verb
murir
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of murir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | murir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | murissant /my.ʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | muri /my.ʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | muris /my.ʁi/ |
muris /my.ʁi/ |
murit /my.ʁi/ |
murissons /my.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
murissez /my.ʁi.se/ |
murissent /my.ʁis/ |
| imperfect | murissais /my.ʁi.sɛ/ |
murissais /my.ʁi.sɛ/ |
murissait /my.ʁi.sɛ/ |
murissions /my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
murissiez /my.ʁi.sje/ |
murissaient /my.ʁi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | muris /my.ʁi/ |
muris /my.ʁi/ |
murit /my.ʁi/ |
murîmes /my.ʁim/ |
murîtes /my.ʁit/ |
murirent /my.ʁiʁ/ | |
| future | murirai /my.ʁi.ʁe/ |
muriras /my.ʁi.ʁa/ |
murira /my.ʁi.ʁa/ |
murirons /my.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
murirez /my.ʁi.ʁe/ |
muriront /my.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | murirais /my.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
murirais /my.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
murirait /my.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
muririons /my.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
muririez /my.ʁi.ʁje/ |
muriraient /my.ʁi.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 | murisse /my.ʁis/ |
murisses /my.ʁis/ |
murisse /my.ʁis/ |
murissions /my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
murissiez /my.ʁi.sje/ |
murissent /my.ʁis/ |
| imperfect2 | murisse /my.ʁis/ |
murisses /my.ʁis/ |
murît /my.ʁi/ |
murissions /my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
murissiez /my.ʁi.sje/ |
murissent /my.ʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | muris /my.ʁi/ |
— | murissons /my.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
murissez /my.ʁi.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “murir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ladino
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish murir, morir, from Latin morīrī, variant of morī. Cognate with Galician morrer, Portuguese morrer, and Spanish morir.
Verb
murir (Hebrew spelling מוריר)[1]
- (intransitive, reflexive) to die; to pass away (cease living)
- Antonym: bivir
- El djudeo-espanyol nunka murirá. ― Judaeo-Spanish will never die.
- 1986, Matilda Koén-Sarano, edited by Matilda Koén-Sarano, קואינטוס: סיפורים מהווי המשפחה היהודית־ספרדית[1], כנה, →ISBN, page 171:
- Disho Djohá: "Vay! Este es naví! Iré detrás de él i le demandaré kuando me vo murir!"
- Djohá said, ‘Oi! This is [a] prophet! I’ll go after him and ask him when I am going to die!’
Related terms
References
Old French
Verb
murir
- (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of morir
- c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:
- Kar ne se volt laissier murir
- Because he didn't want to let himself die
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of murir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | murir | estre murt | |||||
| gerund | en murant | gerund of estre + past participle | |||||
| present participle | murant | ||||||
| past participle | murt | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | muir | muers | muert | murons | murez | muerent |
| imperfect | muroie, mureie | muroies, mureies | muroit, mureit | muriiens, muriens | muriiez, muriez | muroient, mureient | |
| preterite | murui, muri | murus, muris | muru, muri | murumes, murimes | murustes, muristes | mururent, murirent | |
| future | murrai | murras | murra | murrons | murroiz, murreiz, murrez | murront | |
| conditional | murroie, murreie | murroies, murreies | murroit, murreit | murriiens, murriens | murriiez, murriez | murroient, murreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of estre + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | muire, muere, muerge | muires, mueres, muerges | muire, muere, muerge | murons, muiriens, muirons, muerons, muergiens, muerjons | murez, muiriez, muerez, muergiez | muirent, muerent, muergent |
| imperfect | murusse, murisse | murusses, murisses | murust, murist | murussons, murussiens, murissons, murissiens | murussoiz, murussez, murussiez, murissoiz, murissez, murissiez | murussent, murissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of estre + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | muir | — | murons | murez | — | ||
Old Spanish
Verb
murir
- alternative form of morir
References
- Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “murir”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 353
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin morīrī, variant of morī.
Verb
murir
Conjugation
| infinitive | murir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | murind | ||||||
| past participle | mort | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jau | ti | el/ella/ins | nus | vus | els/ellas | |
| present | mor | moras | mora | murin | muris | moran | |
| imperfect | muriva | murivas | muriva | murivan | murivas | murivan | |
| conditional | muriss | murissas | muriss | murissan | murissas | murissan | |
| subjunctive | che jau | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella/ch'ins | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas | |
| moria | morias | moria | morian | morias | morian | ||