ferir

See also: férir

Catalan

Etymology

From (compare Occitan ferir), from Latin ferīre, present active infinitive of feriō (compare French férir, Spanish herir), of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [feˈɾiɾ]

Verb

ferir (first-person singular present fereixo, first-person singular preterite ferí, past participle ferit)

1. to injure, to wound
2. to hurt (emotionally)

Derived terms

• ferida
• malferir

Further reading

• “ferir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ferir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ferir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ferir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin ferīre, present active infinitive of feriō.

Verb

1. to injure, to wound

Related terms

• ferida

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ferir, from Latin ferīre, present active infinitive of feriō.

Verb

ferir

1. to hit; to strike

Synonyms

• frapper, fraper
• assommer

Descendants

• French: férir

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin ferīre, present active infinitive of feriō.

Verb

ferir

1. to hit; to strike

Conjugation

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

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		ferir			avoir feru
gerund		en ferant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		ferant
past participle		feru
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fier	fiers	fiert	ferons	ferez	fierent
	imperfect	feroie, fereie	feroies, fereies	feroit, fereit	feriiens, feriens	feriiez, feriez	feroient, fereient
	preterite	feri	feris	feri	ferimes	feristes	ferirent
	future	ferrai	ferras	ferra	ferrons	ferroiz, ferreiz, ferrez	ferront
	conditional	ferroie, ferreie	ferroies, ferreies	ferroit, ferreit	ferriiens, ferriens	ferriiez, ferriez	ferroient, ferreient
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	fiere, fierge	fieres, fierges	fiere, fierge	feriens, ferons, fiergiens, fierjons	feriez, fiergiez	fierent, fiergent
	imperfect	ferisse	ferisses	ferist	ferissons, ferissiens	ferissoiz, ferissez, ferissiez	ferissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fier	—	ferons	ferez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: ferir
  • French: férir

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferir, from Latin ferīre, present active infinitive of feriō, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɨ.ˈɾiɾ/
• IPA^(key): /fe.ˈɾi(ʁ)/

Verb

1. to hurt, injure