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murir
murir
See also: mûrir
French
Verb
murir
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 murir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | murir | avoir muri | |||||
| gerund | en murissant | en ayant muri | |||||
| present participle | murissant /my.ʁi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | muri /my.ʁi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | muris /my.ʁi/ |
muris /my.ʁi/ |
murit /my.ʁi/ |
murissons /my.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
murissez /my.ʁi.se/ |
murissent /my.ʁis/ |
| imperfect | murissais /my.ʁi.sɛ/ |
murissais /my.ʁi.sɛ/ |
murissait /my.ʁi.sɛ/ |
murissions /my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
murissiez /my.ʁi.sje/ |
murissaient /my.ʁi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | muris /my.ʁi/ |
muris /my.ʁi/ |
murit /my.ʁi/ |
murîmes /my.ʁim/ |
murîtes /my.ʁit/ |
murirent /my.ʁiʁ/ |
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| future | murirai /my.ʁi.ʁe/ |
muriras /my.ʁi.ʁa/ |
murira /my.ʁi.ʁa/ |
murirons /my.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
murirez /my.ʁi.ʁe/ |
muriront /my.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | murirais /my.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
murirais /my.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
murirait /my.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
muririons /my.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
muririez /my.ʁi.ʁje/ |
muriraient /my.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | murisse /my.ʁis/ |
murisses /my.ʁis/ |
murisse /my.ʁis/ |
murissions /my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
murissiez /my.ʁi.sje/ |
murissent /my.ʁis/ |
| imperfect1 |
murisse /my.ʁis/ |
murisses /my.ʁis/ |
murît /my.ʁi/ |
murissions /my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
murissiez /my.ʁi.sje/ |
murissent /my.ʁis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | muris /my.ʁi/ |
— | murissons /my.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
murissez /my.ʁi.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Verb
murir
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of morir
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar
- Kar ne se volt laissier murir
- Because he didn't want to let himself die
- Kar ne se volt laissier murir
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, 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 murir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | murir | estre murt | |||||
| gerund | en murant | Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | murant | ||||||
| past participle | murt | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | muir | muers | muert | murons | murez | muerent |
| imperfect | muroie, mureie | muroies, mureies | muroit, mureit | muriiens, muriens | muriiez, muriez | muroient, mureient | |
| preterite | murui, muri | murus, muris | muru, muri | murumes, murimes | murustes, muristes | mururent, murirent | |
| future | murrai | murras | murra | murrons | murroiz, murreiz, murrez | murront | |
| conditional | murroie, murreie | murroies, murreies | murroit, murreit | murriiens, murriens | murriiez, murriez | murroient, murreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | muire, muere, muerge | muires, mueres, muerges | muire, muere, muerge | murons, muiriens, muirons, muerons, muergiens, muerjons | murez, muiriez, muerez, muergiez | muirent, muerent, muergent |
| imperfect | murusse, murisse | murusses, murisses | murust, murist | murussons, murussiens, murissons, murissiens | murussoiz, murussez, murussiez, murissoiz, murissez, murissiez | murussent, murissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | muir | — | murons | murez | — | ||
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Surmiran) mureir
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *morīre, from Latin morior, morī, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.
Verb
murir
Conjugation
| infinitive | murir | ||||||
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| gerund | murind | ||||||
| past participle | mort | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jau | ti | el/ella/ins | nus | vus | els/ellas | |
| present | mor | moras | mora | murin | muris | moran | |
| imperfect | muriva | murivas | muriva | murivan | murivas | murivan | |
| conditional | muriss | murissas | muriss | murissan | murissas | murissan | |
| subjunctive | che jau | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella/ch'ins | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas | |
| moria | morias | moria | morian | morias | morian | ||