jaquir

Catalan

Alternative forms

• gicar

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *aikan, from Proto-Germanic *aikaną (“to make one's own”), see also Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (afaikan, “to renounce, forswear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈki]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒaˈkiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

jaquir (first-person singular present jaqueixo, first-person singular preterite jaquí, past participle jaquit)

1. to leave, to abandon

   Synonym: deixar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			jaquir
gerund			jaquint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jaquit		jaquida
		plural		jaquits		jaquides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	jaqueixo	jaqueixes	jaqueix	jaquim	jaquiu	jaqueixen
	imperfect	jaquia	jaquies	jaquia	jaquíem	jaquíeu	jaquien
	future	jaquiré	jaquiràs	jaquirà	jaquirem	jaquireu	jaquiran
	preterite	jaquí	jaquires	jaquí	jaquírem	jaquíreu	jaquiren
	conditional	jaquiria	jaquiries	jaquiria	jaquiríem	jaquiríeu	jaquirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	jaqueixi	jaqueixis	jaqueixi	jaquim	jaquiu	jaqueixin
	imperfect	jaquís	jaquissis	jaquís	jaquíssim	jaquíssiu	jaquissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	jaqueix	jaqueixi	jaquim	jaquiu	jaqueixin
	negative (no)	—	no jaqueixis	no jaqueixi	no jaquim	no jaquiu	no jaqueixin

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan jaquir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈkiɾ/ [xaˈkiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ja‧quir

Verb

jaquir (first-person singular present jaco, first-person singular preterite jaquí, past participle jaquido)

1. (dated) to forsake, to abandon

   Synonyms: desamparar, dejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jaquir (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			jaquir
gerund			jaquiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jaquido		jaquida
		plural		jaquidos		jaquidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jaco	jaquestú jaquísvos	jaque	jaquimos	jaquís	jaquen
	imperfect	jaquía	jaquías	jaquía	jaquíamos	jaquíais	jaquían
	preterite	jaquí	jaquiste	jaquió	jaquimos	jaquisteis	jaquieron
	future	jaquiré	jaquirás	jaquirá	jaquiremos	jaquiréis	jaquirán
	conditional	jaquiría	jaquirías	jaquiría	jaquiríamos	jaquiríais	jaquirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jaca	jacastú jacásvos2	jaca	jacamos	jacáis	jacan
	imperfect (ra)	jaquiera	jaquieras	jaquiera	jaquiéramos	jaquierais	jaquieran
	imperfect (se)	jaquiese	jaquieses	jaquiese	jaquiésemos	jaquieseis	jaquiesen
	future1	jaquiere	jaquieres	jaquiere	jaquiéremos	jaquiereis	jaquieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jaquetú jaquívos	jaca	jacamos	jaquid	jacan
	negative		no jacas	no jaca	no jacamos	no jacáis	no jacan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

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