puir
See also: puír
Middle English
Adjective
puir
- alternative form of pure
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
puir
Old French
Alternative forms
- puïr (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *putīre, from Classical Latin putēre.
Verb
puir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of puir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | puir | avoir puï | |||||
| gerund | en puant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | puant | ||||||
| past participle | puï | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pu | pus | put | puons | püez | püent |
| imperfect | puoie, püeie | puoies, püeies | puoit, püeit | puïiens, puïens | puïiez, puïez | puoient, püeient | |
| preterite | puï | puïs | puï | puïmes | puïstes | puïrent | |
| future | puïrai | puïras | puïra | puïrons | puïroiz, puïreiz, puïrez | puïront | |
| conditional | puïroie, puïreie | puïroies, puïreies | puïroit, puïreit | puïriiens, puïriens | puïriiez, puïriez | puïroient, puïreient | |
| 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 | püe | pües | püe | puons | püez | püent |
| imperfect | puïsse | puïsses | puïst | puïssons, puïssiens | puïssoiz, puïssez, puïssiez | puïssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | pu | — | puons | püez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: puer
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (puir)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /puˈi(ʁ)/ [pʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpwi(ʁ)/ [ˈpwi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /puˈi(ɾ)/ [pʊˈi(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpwi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /puˈi(ʁ)/ [pʊˈi(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpwi(ʁ)/ [ˈpwi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /puˈi(ɻ)/ [pʊˈi(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpwi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpwiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpwi.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: pu‧ir
Verb
puir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present pui, first-person singular preterite puí, past participle puído)
- (of an object) to wear, to wear out, to deteriorate
- Synonym: desgastar
Conjugation
Conjugation of puir (irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | puir | |||||
| Personal | puir | puíres | puir | puirmos | puirdes | puírem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| puindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | puído | puídos | ||||
| Feminine | puída | puídas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | — | puis | pui | puímos | puís | puem |
| Imperfect | puía | puías | puía | puíamos | puíeis | puíam |
| Preterite | puí | puíste | puiu | puímos | puístes | puíram |
| Pluperfect | puíra | puíras | puíra | puíramos | puíreis | puíram |
| Future | puirei | puirás | puirá | puiremos | puireis | puirão |
| Conditional | puiria | puirias | puiria | puiríamos | puiríeis | puiriam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Imperfect | puísse | puísses | puísse | puíssemos | puísseis | puíssem |
| Future | puir | puíres | puir | puirmos | puirdes | puírem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | pui | — | — | puí | — | |
| Negative (não) | — | — | — | — | — | |
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English povre, from Old French povre, from Latin pauper.
Pronunciation
- (Central Scots) IPA(key): [peːr], (conservative dialects) [pøːr]
- (Northern Scots) IPA(key): [piːr]
Adjective
puir (comparative mair puir, superlative maist puir)
- poor
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- And then she changed her voice and would be as saft as honey: 'My puir wee Ailie, was I thrawn till ye? Never mind, my bonnie. You and me are a' that's left, and we maunna be ill to ither.'
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- puir-man
- puirshoose
- puirtith