sorgir

Catalan

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin surgere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [surˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soɾˈd͡ʒiɾ]
• Homophone: sorgí
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

sorgir (first-person singular present sorgeixo, first-person singular preterite sorgí, past participle sorgit)

1. (intransitive) to emerge
2. (intransitive) to appear

Conjugation

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

infinitive			sorgir
gerund			sorgint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sorgit		sorgida
		plural		sorgits		sorgides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sorgeixo	sorgeixes	sorgeix	sorgim	sorgiu	sorgeixen
	imperfect	sorgia	sorgies	sorgia	sorgíem	sorgíeu	sorgien
	future	sorgiré	sorgiràs	sorgirà	sorgirem	sorgireu	sorgiran
	preterite	sorgí	sorgires	sorgí	sorgírem	sorgíreu	sorgiren
	conditional	sorgiria	sorgiries	sorgiria	sorgiríem	sorgiríeu	sorgirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sorgeixi	sorgeixis	sorgeixi	sorgim	sorgiu	sorgeixin
	imperfect	sorgís	sorgissis	sorgís	sorgíssim	sorgíssiu	sorgissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sorgeix	sorgeixi	sorgim	sorgiu	sorgeixin
	negative (no)	—	no sorgeixis	no sorgeixi	no sorgim	no sorgiu	no sorgeixin

Derived terms

• sorgiment

Related terms

• ressorgir

Further reading

• “sorgir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sorgir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “sorgir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sorgir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Icelandic

Noun

sorgir

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of sorg

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sorˈɡir/

Verb

sorgir

1. past infinitive of sorgar

Old Norse

Noun

sorgir

1. nominative/accusative plural of sorg