tiren

See also: tírèn, tǐrèn, and tìrén

Asturian

Verb

tiren

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of tirar

Catalan

Verb

tiren

1. third-person plural present indicative of tirar

Galician

Verb

tiren

1. inflection of tirar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tere, teoren (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English teorian, from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːrən/

Verb

tiren

1. to diminish, weaken
2. to exhaust, tire

Conjugation

Conjugation of tiren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) teren, tere
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	tere	tered
2nd-person singular	terest	teredest
3rd-person singular	tereth	tered
subjunctive singular	tere
imperative singular		—
plural1	teren, tere	tereden, terede
imperative plural	tereth, tere	—
participles	terynge, terende	tered

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: tire
• Scots: tire, tyre, tyr

References

• “tīren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

tiren

1. inflection of tirar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Volapük

Noun

tiren (nominative plural tirens)

1. tyranny

Declension

Declension of tiren

	singular	plural
nominative	tiren	tirens
genitive	tirena	tirenas
dative	tirene	tirenes
accusative	tireni	tirenis
vocative 1	o tiren!	o tirens!
predicative 2	tirenu	tirenus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only