maleir

See also: maleïr

Catalan

Etymology

From a pre-literary */maleˈðiɾ/, inherited from Latin maledīcere. Compare Occitan malasir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ləˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.leˈiɾ]

Verb

maleir (first-person singular present maleeixo, first-person singular preterite maleí, past participle maleït)

1. (transitive) to curse
2. (transitive) to damn

   Synonyms: condemnar, damnar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of maleir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			maleir
gerund			maleint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		maleït		maleïda
		plural		maleïts		maleïdes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	maleeixo	maleeixes	maleeix	maleïm	maleïu	maleeixen
	imperfect	maleïa	maleïes	maleïa	maleíem	maleíeu	maleïen
	future	maleiré	maleiràs	maleirà	maleirem	maleireu	maleiran
	preterite	maleí	maleïres	maleí	maleírem	maleíreu	maleïren
	conditional	maleiria	maleiries	maleiria	maleiríem	maleiríeu	maleirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	maleeixi	maleeixis	maleeixi	maleïm	maleïu	maleeixin
	imperfect	maleís	maleïssis	maleís	maleíssim	maleíssiu	maleïssin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	maleeix	maleeixi	maleïm	maleïu	maleeixin
	negative (no)	—	no maleeixis	no maleeixi	no maleïm	no maleïu	no maleeixin

Related terms

• maledicció

See also

• beneir

Further reading

• “maleir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old French

Alternative forms

• maleïr
• maleistre

Etymology

From Latin maledīcere. Cf. also the form maldire, maudire, which were borrowings.

Verb

maleir

1. to curse; to damn

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 maleir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		maleir			aveir maleoit, maleï
gerund		en maleïssant			gerund of aveir + past participle
present participle		maleïssant
past participle		maleoit, maleï
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	maleï, maleïs	maleïs	maleït, maleïst	maleïssons	maleïssiez	maleïssent
	imperfect	maleïsseie	maleïsseies	maleïsseit	maleïssiiens, maleïssiens	maleïssiiez, maleïssiez	maleïsseient
	preterite	maleï, malesqui	maleïs, malesquis	maleïé, malesquié	maleïmes, malesquimes	maleïstes, malesquistes	maleïerent, malesquierent
	future	maleïrai, maleïstrai	maleïras, maleïstras	maleïra, maleïstra	maleïrons, maleïstrons	maleïreiz, maleïrez, maleïstreiz, maleïstrez	maleïront, maleïstront
	conditional	maleïreie, maleïstreie	maleïreies, maleïstreies	maleïreit, maleïstreit	maleïriiens, maleïriens, maleïstriiens, maleïstriens	maleïriiez, maleïriez, maleïstriiez, maleïstriez	maleïreient, maleïstreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of aveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of aveir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of aveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of aveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	maleïe, maleïsse	maleïes, maleïsses	maleïe, maleïsse	maleïiens, maleïons, maleïssiens, maleïssons	maleïiez, maleïssiez	maleïent, maleïssent
	imperfect	maleïsse, malesquisse	maleïsses, malesquisses	maleïst, malesquist	maleïssons, maleïssiens, malesquissons, malesquissiens	maleïsseiz, maleïssez, maleïssiez, malesquisseiz, malesquissez, malesquissiez	maleïssent, malesquissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	maleï, maleïs	—	maleïssons	maleïssiez	—

Synonyms

• maldire, maudire