obscurcir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French obscurcir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.skyʁ.siʁ/

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Verb

obscurcir

1. to darken (a colour)
2. (figuratively) to obscure, to blur
3. (computing) to obfuscate
4. (reflexive, of sky) to darken
5. (reflexive) to become obscure

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of obscurcir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	obscurcir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	obscurcissant /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		obscurci /ɔp.skyʁ.si/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/	obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/	obscurcit /ɔp.skyʁ.si/	obscurcissons /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɔ̃/	obscurcissez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.se/	obscurcissent /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/
	imperfect	obscurcissais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/	obscurcissais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/	obscurcissait /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/	obscurcissions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/	obscurcissiez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sje/	obscurcissaient /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/
	past historic2	obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/	obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/	obscurcit /ɔp.skyʁ.si/	obscurcîmes /ɔp.skyʁ.sim/	obscurcîtes /ɔp.skyʁ.sit/	obscurcirent /ɔp.skyʁ.siʁ/
	future	obscurcirai /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁe/	obscurciras /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁa/	obscurcira /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁa/	obscurcirons /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/	obscurcirez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁe/	obscurciront /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	obscurcirais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/	obscurcirais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/	obscurcirait /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/	obscurcirions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/	obscurciriez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁje/	obscurciraient /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	obscurcisse /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/	obscurcisses /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/	obscurcisse /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/	obscurcissions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/	obscurcissiez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sje/	obscurcissent /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/
	imperfect2	obscurcisse /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/	obscurcisses /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/	obscurcît /ɔp.skyʁ.si/	obscurcissions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/	obscurcissiez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sje/	obscurcissent /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/	—	obscurcissons /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɔ̃/	obscurcissez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “obscurcir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

• oscurir
• oscurcir

Etymology

obscur +‎ -ir.

Verb

obscurcir

1. (transitive) to darken; to make darker

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 obscurcir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		obscurcir			avoir obscurci
gerund		en obscurcissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		obscurcissant
past participle		obscurci
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	obscurcis	obscurcis	obscurcist	obscurcissons	obscurcissez	obscurcissent
	imperfect	obscurcissoie, obscurcisseie	obscurcissoies, obscurcisseies	obscurcissoit, obscurcisseit	obscurcissiiens, obscurcissiens	obscurcissiiez, obscurcissiez	obscurcissoient, obscurcisseient
	preterite	obscurci	obscurcis	obscurci	obscurcimes	obscurcistes	obscurcirent
	future	obscurcirai	obscurciras	obscurcira	obscurcirons	obscurciroiz, obscurcireiz, obscurcirez	obscurciront
	conditional	obscurciroie, obscurcireie	obscurciroies, obscurcireies	obscurciroit, obscurcireit	obscurciriiens, obscurciriens	obscurciriiez, obscurciriez	obscurciroient, obscurcireient
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	obscurcisse	obscurcisses	obscurcisse	obscurcissons	obscurcissez	obscurcissent
	imperfect	obscurcisse	obscurcisses	obscurcist	obscurcissons, obscurcissiens	obscurcissoiz, obscurcissez, obscurcissiez	obscurcissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	obscurcis	—	obscurcissons	obscurcissez	—