merir

Old French

Etymology

Latin mereō.

Verb

merir

1. to reward
   • 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Yvain ou le chevalier au lion:

     Dame, fet il, Dex le vos mire!

     Lady, said he, may God reward you for it!

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem mir distinct from the unstressed stem mer. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of merir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		merir			avoir meri
gerund		en merant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		merant
past participle		meri
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mir	mirs	mirt	merons	merez	mirent
	imperfect	meroie, mereie	meroies, mereies	meroit, mereit	meriiens, meriens	meriiez, meriez	meroient, mereient
	preterite	meri	meris	meri	merimes	meristes	merirent
	future	merrai	merras	merra	merrons	merroiz, merreiz, merrez	merront
	conditional	merroie, merreie	merroies, merreies	merroit, merreit	merriiens, merriens	merriiez, merriez	merroient, merreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	mire	mires	mire	merons	merez	mirent
	imperfect	merisse	merisses	merist	merissons, merissiens	merissoiz, merissez, merissiez	merissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	mir	—	merons	merez	—

Palauan

Etymology

From rir (“fallen leaves”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈrir/

Noun

merir

1. yellow

Verb

merir

1. (stative, said of leaves) to be yellow

Synonyms

• bibrurek
• mellil

See also

Colors in Palauan · bedengel, chiro (layout · text)

becheleleu	koi (?)	chedelekelek
bekerkard, rirch; bungungau	bibrurek, berorou; cheriich, bedengel a chutem	bibrurek, mellil, merir
bedengel a biib (?)	bedengel a biib, bedengel a chudel
mellemau	mellemau, bedengel a eanged	mellemau, bedengel a daob
ulalk	ulalk

References

• merir in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• merir in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• merir in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 192.