adir

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈdi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈdiɾ/

Etymology 1

From a- +‎ dir (“to say”), compare Latin addīcō (“to speak favourably of”).

Verb

adir (first-person singular present adic, past participle adit)

1. (reflexive) to suit, to fit together, to match

   Aquests dos colors no s'adiuen gens.

   These two colors don't match at all.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adir (second conjugation, vowel stem with imperfect -ia)

infinitive			adir
present participle			adient
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adit		adita
		plural		adits		adites
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adic	adius	adiu	adiem	adieu	adiuen
	imperfect	adeia	adeies	adeia	adèiem	adèieu	adeien
	future	adiré	adiràs	adirà	adirem	adireu	adiran
	preterite	adiguí	adigueres	adigué	adiguérem	adiguéreu	adigueren
	conditional	adiria	adiries	adiria	adiríem	adiríeu	adirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adigui	adiguis	adigui	adiguem	adigueu	adiguin
	imperfect	adigués	adiguessis	adigués	adiguéssim	adiguéssiu	adiguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	adigues	adigui	adiguem	adigueu	adiguin

Derived terms

• adient

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin adīre (“to take possession of”).

Verb

adir

1. (transitive, law) to accept

Conjugation

Exists only in the infinitive.

Further reading

• “adir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “adir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “adir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “adir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈdɪɾ/

Noun

adir f (Arabic spelling ئادر‎)

1. Alternative form of edro (“epilepsy”)

Declension

Declension of adir

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adir	adir
Construct	adira	adirên
Oblique	adirê	adiran
Demonstrative oblique	wê adirê	wan adiran
Vocative	adirê	adirino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adirek	adirin
Construct	adireke	adirine
Oblique	adirekê	adirinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “adir”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adīre, adeō (“to take possession of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdiɾ/ [aˈð̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧dir

Verb

adir

1. (law) to accept (inheritance)

Usage notes

• Used only in the infinitive.

Further reading

• “adir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014