delir

See also: dëlir and делир

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dēlēre (“to destroy”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈli]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [deˈliɾ]

Verb

delir (first-person singular present deleixo, first-person singular preterite delí, past participle delit)

1. (archaic, transitive) to destroy, to erase
2. (archaic, intransitive) to disappear
3. (reflexive) to relish (to take great pleasure in something)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			delir
gerund			delint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		delit		delida
		plural		delits		delides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	deleixo	deleixes	deleix	delim	deliu	deleixen
	imperfect	delia	delies	delia	delíem	delíeu	delien
	future	deliré	deliràs	delirà	delirem	delireu	deliran
	preterite	delí	delires	delí	delírem	delíreu	deliren
	conditional	deliria	deliries	deliria	deliríem	deliríeu	delirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	deleixi	deleixis	deleixi	delim	deliu	deleixin
	imperfect	delís	delissis	delís	delíssim	delíssiu	delissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	deleix	deleixi	delim	deliu	deleixin
	negative (no)	—	no deleixis	no deleixi	no delim	no deliu	no deleixin

Related terms

• delit

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlēre, with change of conjugation. Compare Spanish desleír and English delete.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈli(ʁ)/ [deˈli(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈli(ʁ)/ [deˈli(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /deˈli(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deˈli(ʁ)/ [deˈli(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈli(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈliɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈliɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈli.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧lir

Verb

delir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite deli, past participle delido)

1. to destroy, erase; to delete

   Synonyms: extinguir, eliminar

2. to dilute

   Synonym: diluir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of delir (defective) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	delir
Personal	delir	delires	delir	delirmos	delirdes	delirem
Gerund
	delindo
Past participle
Masculine	delido			delidos
Feminine	delida			delidas
Indicative
Present	—	—	—	delimos	delis	—
Imperfect	delia	delias	delia	delíamos	delíeis	deliam
Preterite	deli	deliste	deliu	delimos	delistes	deliram
Pluperfect	delira	deliras	delira	delíramos	delíreis	deliram
Future	delirei	delirás	delirá	deliremos	delireis	delirão
Conditional	deliria	delirias	deliria	deliríamos	deliríeis	deliriam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	—	—	—	—
Imperfect	delisse	delisses	delisse	delíssemos	delísseis	delissem
Future	delir	delires	delir	delirmos	delirdes	delirem
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	deli	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Related terms

• deletar

Romanian

Alternative forms

• делир (delir) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French délire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈlir]

Noun

delir n (plural deliruri)

1. delirium, madness; raving

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	delir	delirul		deliruri	delirurile
genitive-dative	delir	delirului		deliruri	delirurilor
vocative	delirule			delirurilor

Synonyms

• (medical): aiurare, aiureală, delirare
• (regional variants): bâiguială, bâiguire

Related terms

• delira
• delirant

Further reading

• delir in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɪt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːlɪr/, /ˈdɛlɪt/

Verb

delir

1. present indicative/future impersonal of dal

Mutation

Mutated forms of delir

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
delir	ddelir	nelir	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Verb

delir

1. Soft mutation of telir.

Mutation

Mutated forms of telir

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
telir	delir	nhelir	thelir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.