dezir

Ladino

Alternative forms

• dizer, dizir

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō.

Verb

dezir (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling דיזיר)

1. to say, tell
   • 1979, Kamelia Shahar, “La verdadera felisidad”, in Aki Yerushalayim, number 1:

     Eliau Anavi ke lo estava mirando d'enfrente se aserko de el i le disho: Dime ombre, deke estas de negra umor ?

     The prophet Elijah, who was watching him from in front, approached him and said: Tell me, man, why are you in a bad mood?

Related terms

• dicho

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō.

Verb

dezir

1. to say

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• deçir, dicer, dizer, dizir

Verb

dezir

1. (transitive) to do
2. (transitive) to make (something)

Descendants

• Ladino: dezir, dizer, dizir
• Spanish: decir

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French désir.

Noun

dezir n (plural dezire)

1. desire

Declension

Declension of dezir

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) dezir	dezirul	(niște) dezire	dezirele
genitive/dative	(unui) dezir	dezirului	(unor) dezire	dezirelor
vocative	dezirule		dezirelor

References

• dezir in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

dezir (first-person singular present digo, first-person singular preterite dixe, past participle dicho)

1. Obsolete spelling of decir.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.