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See also: ağır
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French agir, itself from Latin agere.
Pronunciation
Verb
agir (first-person singular present ageixo, first-person singular preterite agí, past participle agit)
- to act, to behave
- to be all about
- Synonyms: obrar (standard), tractar-se
Conjugation
Conjugation of agir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
| infinitive | agir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | agint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | agit | agida | |||||
| plural | agits | agides | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | ageixo | ageixes | ageix | agim | agiu | ageixen | |
| imperfect | agia | agies | agia | agíem | agíeu | agien | |
| future | agiré | agiràs | agirà | agirem | agireu | agiran | |
| preterite | agí | agires | agí | agírem | agíreu | agiren | |
| conditional | agiria | agiries | agiria | agiríem | agiríeu | agirien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | ageixi | ageixis | ageixi | agim | agiu | ageixin | |
| imperfect | agís | agissis | agís | agíssim | agíssiu | agissin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | ageix | ageixi | agim | agiu | ageixin | |
| negative (no) | — | no ageixis | no ageixi | no agim | no agiu | no ageixin | |
References
- “agir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agere, adapted with a change in conjugation. Attested from the 15th c.
Pronunciation
Verb
agir
- (intransitive) to act, to do (something)
- Il est temps d’agir.
- It is time to act.
- Il faut agir pour lutter contre la pauvreté.
- We must act in order to fight poverty.
- Il n’agit pas comme il devrait.
- He’s not doing as he should.
- Il sait mieux agir que parler.
- He knows better how to do than to talk.
- 1970, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Victor Hugo : Complete Writings:
- Aimer, c’est agir
- To love is to act
- (intransitive) to work, to have an effect; (followed by sur) to act (on)
- Le soleil agit sur les planètes.
- The sun acts on the planets.
- Le médicament doit agir, je ne me sens plus malade du tout.
- The medicine must work, all of a sudden I don't feel sick.
- (intransitive) to act, behave
- Vous agissez en enfants.
- You’re acting like children.
- Il agit comme un fou.
- He’s acting like a madman.
- Il a bien agi avec moi.
- He's acted well with me.
- (law, followed by contre) prosecute, sue
- Il a été obligé d’agir contre son tuteur.
- He was obliged to sue his guardian.
- (impersonal, reflexive, followed by de) to be, be all about, be a question of
- Dans le livre il s’agit d’une femme perdue.
- The book is about a lost woman.
- Il s’agit de vous en tirer honorablement.
- It’s all about you getting out of there honorably.
- Dans la vie; il s’agit de faire son devoir.
- Life is all about doing your duty.
- Il s’agissait de choisir entre les ducs.
- It was about choosing between the two dukes.
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 agir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | agir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | agissant /a.ʒi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | agi /a.ʒi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | agis /a.ʒi/ |
agis /a.ʒi/ |
agit /a.ʒi/ |
agissons /a.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
agissez /a.ʒi.se/ |
agissent /a.ʒis/ |
| imperfect | agissais /a.ʒi.sɛ/ |
agissais /a.ʒi.sɛ/ |
agissait /a.ʒi.sɛ/ |
agissions /a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
agissiez /a.ʒi.sje/ |
agissaient /a.ʒi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | agis /a.ʒi/ |
agis /a.ʒi/ |
agit /a.ʒi/ |
agîmes /a.ʒim/ |
agîtes /a.ʒit/ |
agirent /a.ʒiʁ/ | |
| future | agirai /a.ʒi.ʁe/ |
agiras /a.ʒi.ʁa/ |
agira /a.ʒi.ʁa/ |
agirons /a.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
agirez /a.ʒi.ʁe/ |
agiront /a.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | agirais /a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
agirais /a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
agirait /a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
agirions /a.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
agiriez /a.ʒi.ʁje/ |
agiraient /a.ʒi.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 | agisse /a.ʒis/ |
agisses /a.ʒis/ |
agisse /a.ʒis/ |
agissions /a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
agissiez /a.ʒi.sje/ |
agissent /a.ʒis/ |
| imperfect2 | agisse /a.ʒis/ |
agisses /a.ʒis/ |
agît /a.ʒi/ |
agissions /a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
agissiez /a.ʒi.sje/ |
agissent /a.ʒis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | agis /a.ʒi/ |
— | agissons /a.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
agissez /a.ʒi.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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-. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of s'agir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'agir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’agissant /sa.ʒi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | agi /a.ʒi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | s’agit /sa.ʒi/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | s’agissait /sa.ʒi.sɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | s’agit /sa.ʒi/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | s’agira /sa.ʒi.ʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | s’agirait /sa.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | s’agisse /sa.ʒis/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | s’agît /sa.ʒi/ |
— | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
- (s'agir de/s'en agir) 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-.
This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of s'en agir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'en agir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’en agissant /sɑ̃.n‿a.ʒi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | s'en étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | agi /a.ʒi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | s’en agit /sɑ̃.n‿a.ʒi/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | s’en agissait /sɑ̃.n‿a.ʒi.sɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | s’en agit /sɑ̃.n‿a.ʒi/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | s’en agira /sɑ̃.n‿a.ʒi.ʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | s’en agirait /sɑ̃.n‿a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'en être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | s’en agisse /sɑ̃.n‿a.ʒis/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | s’en agît /sɑ̃.n‿a.ʒi/ |
— | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'en être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'en être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'en être + past participle | simple imperative of s'en être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “agir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
agir (first-person singular present ajo, first-person singular preterite agim or agi, past participle agido, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of axir
Conjugation
Reintegrated conjugation of agir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References
- “agir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Ido
Verb
agir
- past infinitive of agar
Northern Kurdish
| Central Kurdish | ئاگر (agir) |
|---|
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *HáHtr̥š (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHtr̥š (“fire”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (ātar), Persian آتش (âtaš), Pashto ور (or). Doublet of ar.
Pronunciation
Noun
agir m (Arabic spelling ئاگر)
Declension
Declension of agir
| Definite masculine gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | agir | agir | ||
| Construct | agirê | agirên | ||
| Oblique | agirî | agiran | ||
| Demonstrative oblique | wî agirî | wan agiran | ||
| Vocative | agiro | agirino | ||
| Indefinite masculine gender | ||||
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | agirek | agirin | ||
| Construct | agirekî | agirine | ||
| Oblique | agirekî | agirinan | ||
Derived terms
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “agir”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 3
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agere. Compare French agir.
Pronunciation
Verb
agir
Conjugation
Conjugation of agir in 
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | agir | ?er agit | |||||
| past participle | agit | — | |||||
| gerund | agissent | ?ent agit | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | agissi | agisses | agís | agissèm | agissètz | agisson | |
| imperfect | agissiái | agissiás | agissiá | agissiam | agissiatz | agissián | |
| preterite | agiguèri | agiguères | agiguèt | agiguèrem | agiguèretz | agiguèron | |
| future | agirai | agiràs | agirà | agirem | agiretz | agiràn | |
| conditional | agiriái | agiriás | agiriá | agiriam | agiriatz | agirián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | agiguèra | agiguèras | agiguèra | agigueram | agigueratz | agiguèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | agisca | agiscas | agisca | agiscam | agiscatz | agiscan | |
| imperfect | agiguèsse | agiguèsses | agiguèsse | agiguèssem | agiguèssetz | agiguèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| agís | agiscam | agissetz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French agir, itself from Latin agere.
Pronunciation
Verb
agir (first-person singular present ajo, first-person singular preterite agi, past participle agido)
- (intransitive) to do something; to act; to function; to perform
- (intransitive) to conduct oneself in a specific manner; to behave; to proceed
Conjugation
Conjugation of agir (g-j alternation) (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 | agir | |||||
| Personal | agir | agires | agir | agirmos | agirdes | agirem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| agindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | agido | agidos | ||||
| Feminine | agida | agidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | ajo | ages | age | agimos | agis | agem |
| Imperfect | agia | agias | agia | agíamos | agíeis | agiam |
| Preterite | agi | agiste | agiu | agimos | agistes | agiram |
| Pluperfect | agira | agiras | agira | agíramos | agíreis | agiram |
| Future | agirei | agirás | agirá | agiremos | agireis | agirão |
| Conditional | agiria | agirias | agiria | agiríamos | agiríeis | agiriam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | aja | ajas | aja | ajamos | ajais | ajam |
| Imperfect | agisse | agisses | agisse | agíssemos | agísseis | agissem |
| Future | agir | agires | agir | agirmos | agirdes | agirem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | age | aja | ajamos | agi | ajam | |
| Negative (não) | não ajas | não aja | não ajamos | não ajais | não ajam | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French agir, itself borrowed from Latin agere.
Pronunciation
Verb
agir (first-person singular present ajo, first-person singular preterite agí, past participle agido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of agir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | agir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | agiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | agido | agida | |||||
| plural | agidos | agidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | ajo | agestú agísvos |
age | agimos | agís | agen | |
| imperfect | agía | agías | agía | agíamos | agíais | agían | |
| preterite | agí | agiste | agió | agimos | agisteis | agieron | |
| future | agiré | agirás | agirá | agiremos | agiréis | agirán | |
| conditional | agiría | agirías | agiría | agiríamos | agiríais | agirían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | aja | ajastú ajásvos2 |
aja | ajamos | ajáis | ajan | |
| imperfect (ra) |
agiera | agieras | agiera | agiéramos | agierais | agieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
agiese | agieses | agiese | agiésemos | agieseis | agiesen | |
| future1 | agiere | agieres | agiere | agiéremos | agiereis | agieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | agetú agívos |
aja | ajamos | agid | ajan | ||
| negative | no ajas | no aja | no ajamos | no ajáis | no ajan | ||
Selected combined forms of agir (g-j alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive agir | |||||||
| dative | agirme | agirte | agirle, agirse | agirnos | agiros | agirles, agirse | |
| accusative | agirme | agirte | agirlo, agirla, agirse | agirnos | agiros | agirlos, agirlas, agirse | |
| with gerund agiendo | |||||||
| dative | agiéndome | agiéndote | agiéndole, agiéndose | agiéndonos | agiéndoos | agiéndoles, agiéndose | |
| accusative | agiéndome | agiéndote | agiéndolo, agiéndola, agiéndose | agiéndonos | agiéndoos | agiéndolos, agiéndolas, agiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative age | |||||||
| dative | ágeme | ágete | ágele | ágenos | not used | ágeles | |
| accusative | ágeme | ágete | ágelo, ágela | ágenos | not used | ágelos, ágelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative agí | |||||||
| dative | agime | agite | agile | aginos | not used | agiles | |
| accusative | agime | agite | agilo, agila | aginos | not used | agilos, agilas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative aja | |||||||
| dative | ájame | not used | ájale, ájase | ájanos | not used | ájales | |
| accusative | ájame | not used | ájalo, ájala, ájase | ájanos | not used | ájalos, ájalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative ajamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | ajámoste | ajámosle | ajámonos | ajámoos | ajámosles | |
| accusative | not used | ajámoste | ajámoslo, ajámosla | ajámonos | ajámoos | ajámoslos, ajámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative agid | |||||||
| dative | agidme | not used | agidle | agidnos | agíos | agidles | |
| accusative | agidme | not used | agidlo, agidla | agidnos | agíos | agidlos, agidlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative ajan | |||||||
| dative | ájanme | not used | ájanle | ájannos | not used | ájanles, ájanse | |
| accusative | ájanme | not used | ájanlo, ájanla | ájannos | not used | ájanlos, ájanlas, ájanse | |