sorbir

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sorbīre, from Latin sorbēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [surˈbi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [soɾˈbiɾ]

Verb

sorbir (first-person singular present sorbeixo, first-person singular preterite sorbí, past participle sorbit)

1. to drink, to absorb

Conjugation

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

infinitive			sorbir
gerund			sorbint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sorbit		sorbida
		plural		sorbits		sorbides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sorbeixo	sorbeixes	sorbeix	sorbim	sorbiu	sorbeixen
	imperfect	sorbia	sorbies	sorbia	sorbíem	sorbíeu	sorbien
	future	sorbiré	sorbiràs	sorbirà	sorbirem	sorbireu	sorbiran
	preterite	sorbí	sorbires	sorbí	sorbírem	sorbíreu	sorbiren
	conditional	sorbiria	sorbiries	sorbiria	sorbiríem	sorbiríeu	sorbirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sorbeixi	sorbeixis	sorbeixi	sorbim	sorbiu	sorbeixin
	imperfect	sorbís	sorbissis	sorbís	sorbíssim	sorbíssiu	sorbissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sorbeix	sorbeixi	sorbim	sorbiu	sorbeixin
	negative (no)	—	no sorbeixis	no sorbeixi	no sorbim	no sorbiu	no sorbeixin

References

• “sorbir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French sorbir.

Verb

sorbir

1. to engulf; to swallow

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sorbīre, from Latin sorbēre.

Verb

sorbir

1. to engulf; to swallow

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		sorbir			avoir sorbi
gerund		en sorbissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		sorbissant
past participle		sorbi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	sorbis	sorbis	sorbist	sorbissons	sorbissez	sorbissent
	imperfect	sorbissoie, sorbisseie	sorbissoies, sorbisseies	sorbissoit, sorbisseit	sorbissiiens, sorbissiens	sorbissiiez, sorbissiez	sorbissoient, sorbisseient
	preterite	sorbi	sorbis	sorbi	sorbimes	sorbistes	sorbirent
	future	sorbirai	sorbiras	sorbira	sorbirons	sorbiroiz, sorbireiz, sorbirez	sorbiront
	conditional	sorbiroie, sorbireie	sorbiroies, sorbireies	sorbiroit, sorbireit	sorbiriiens, sorbiriens	sorbiriiez, sorbiriez	sorbiroient, sorbireient
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	sorbisse	sorbisses	sorbisse	sorbissons	sorbissez	sorbissent
	imperfect	sorbisse	sorbisses	sorbist	sorbissons, sorbissiens	sorbissoiz, sorbissez, sorbissiez	sorbissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	sorbis	—	sorbissons	sorbissez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: sorbir