cenyir

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cingere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈɲi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [seˈɲiɾ]

Verb

cenyir (first-person singular present cenyeixo, first-person singular preterite cenyí, past participle cenyit)

1. (transitive) to encircle, to gird
2. (transitive) to surround
3. (transitive, of clothing) to be tight
4. (reflexive) to be limited or restricted

Conjugation

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

infinitive			cenyir
gerund			cenyint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cenyit		cenyida
		plural		cenyits		cenyides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cenyeixo	cenyeixes	cenyeix	cenyim	cenyiu	cenyeixen
	imperfect	cenyia	cenyies	cenyia	cenyíem	cenyíeu	cenyien
	future	cenyiré	cenyiràs	cenyirà	cenyirem	cenyireu	cenyiran
	preterite	cenyí	cenyires	cenyí	cenyírem	cenyíreu	cenyiren
	conditional	cenyiria	cenyiries	cenyiria	cenyiríem	cenyiríeu	cenyirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cenyeixi	cenyeixis	cenyeixi	cenyim	cenyiu	cenyeixin
	imperfect	cenyís	cenyissis	cenyís	cenyíssim	cenyíssiu	cenyissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cenyeix	cenyeixi	cenyim	cenyiu	cenyeixin
	negative (no)	—	no cenyeixis	no cenyeixi	no cenyim	no cenyiu	no cenyeixin

Further reading

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