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puir

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See also: puír

Middle French

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Etymology

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Vulgar Latin *putio.

Verb

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puir

  1. to smell (bad); to stink

Old French

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Alternative forms

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  • puïr (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *putīre, from Classical Latin putēre.

Verb

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puir

  1. to smell (bad); to stink

Conjugation

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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.

Descendants

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  • French: puer

References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (puir)

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pu‧ir

Verb

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puir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present pui, first-person singular preterite puí, past participle puído)

  1. (of an object) to wear, to wear out, to deteriorate
    Synonym: desgastar

Conjugation

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Scots

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Etymology

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From Middle English povre, from Old French povre, from Latin pauper.

Adjective

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puir (comparative mair puir, superlative maist puir)

  1. 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

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