emmudir

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ mut +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.muˈði]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.muˈðiɾ]

Verb

emmudir (first-person singular present emmudeixo, first-person singular preterite emmudí, past participle emmudit)

1. (intransitive) to become mute, to lose the ability to speak

   Synonym: perdre la paraula

2. (intransitive) to remain mute, to stay silent

   Synonym: callar

3. (transitive, phonetics) to elide
4. (pronominal, phonetics) to be elided, deleted

Conjugation

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

infinitive			emmudir
gerund			emmudint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		emmudit		emmudida
		plural		emmudits		emmudides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	emmudeixo	emmudeixes	emmudeix	emmudim	emmudiu	emmudeixen
	imperfect	emmudia	emmudies	emmudia	emmudíem	emmudíeu	emmudien
	future	emmudiré	emmudiràs	emmudirà	emmudirem	emmudireu	emmudiran
	preterite	emmudí	emmudires	emmudí	emmudírem	emmudíreu	emmudiren
	conditional	emmudiria	emmudiries	emmudiria	emmudiríem	emmudiríeu	emmudirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	emmudeixi	emmudeixis	emmudeixi	emmudim	emmudiu	emmudeixin
	imperfect	emmudís	emmudissis	emmudís	emmudíssim	emmudíssiu	emmudissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	emmudeix	emmudeixi	emmudim	emmudiu	emmudeixin
	negative (no)	—	no emmudeixis	no emmudeixi	no emmudim	no emmudiu	no emmudeixin

Derived terms

• emmudiment

Further reading

• “emmudir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.