gemir

Learned borrowing from Latin gemere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

gemir (first-person singular present gemeixo, first-person singular preterite gemí, past participle gemit)

1. (intransitive) to wail, to howl
2. (intransitive) to moan, to groan

• gemegar

• “gemir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , April 2007

Semi-learned modification (based on the original Latin etymology) and conjugation change of Old Spanish emer, itself inherited from Latin gemere. Compare Portuguese gemer.

• IPA^(key): /xeˈmiɾ/

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ge‧mir

gemir (first-person singular present gimo, first-person singular preterite gemí, past participle gemido)

1. to wail
2. to moan, to groan

• Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “gemir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 142-143

• “gemir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 10 December 2024