decandir

Catalan

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin candeō (“to gleam white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [də.kənˈdi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.kanˈdiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [de.kanˈdi]

Verb

decandir (first-person singular present decandeixo, first-person singular preterite decandí, past participle decandit)

1. (transitive) to weaken, to make weak
2. (intransitive) to weaken, to grow weak
3. (pronominal) to weaken, to languish

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of decandir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			decandir
gerund			decandint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		decandit		decandida
		plural		decandits		decandides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	decandeixo	decandeixes	decandeix	decandim	decandiu	decandeixen
	imperfect	decandia	decandies	decandia	decandíem	decandíeu	decandien
	future	decandiré	decandiràs	decandirà	decandirem	decandireu	decandiran
	preterite	decandí	decandires	decandí	decandírem	decandíreu	decandiren
	conditional	decandiria	decandiries	decandiria	decandiríem	decandiríeu	decandirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	decandeixi	decandeixis	decandeixi	decandim	decandiu	decandeixin
	imperfect	decandís	decandissis	decandís	decandíssim	decandíssiu	decandissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	decandeix	decandeixi	decandim	decandiu	decandeixin
	negative (no)	—	no decandeixis	no decandeixi	no decandim	no decandiu	no decandeixin

Derived terms

• decandiment

Further reading

• “decandir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007