merir

Old French

Etymology

Latin mereō.

Verb

merir

  1. to reward
    • 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Yvain ou le chevalier au lion:
      Dame, fet il, Dex le vos mire!
      Lady, said he, may God reward you for it!

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem mir distinct from the unstressed stem mer. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of merir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive merir avoir meri
gerund en merant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle merant
past participle meri
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present mir mirs mirt merons merez mirent
imperfect meroie, mereie meroies, mereies meroit, mereit meriiens, meriens meriiez, meriez meroient, mereient
preterite meri meris meri merimes meristes merirent
future merrai merras merra merrons merroiz, merreiz, merrez merront
conditional merroie, merreie merroies, merreies merroit, merreit merriiens, merriens merriiez, merriez merroient, merreient
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 mire mires mire merons merez mirent
imperfect merisse merisses merist merissons, merissiens merissoiz, merissez, merissiez merissent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— mir — merons merez —

Palauan

Etymology

From rir (“fallen leaves”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məˈrir/

Noun

merir

  1. yellow

Verb

merir

  1. (stative, said of leaves) to be yellow

Synonyms

See also
Colors in Palauan · bedengel, chiro (layout · text)
     becheleleu      koi (?)      chedelekelek
             bekerkard, rirch; bungungau              bibrurek, berorou; cheriich, bedengel a chutem              bibrurek, mellil, merir
             bedengel a biib (?)              bedengel a biib, bedengel a chudel             
             mellemau              mellemau, bedengel a eanged              mellemau, bedengel a daob
             ulalk              ulalk             

References
  • merir in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • merir in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • merir in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 192.
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