murir

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See also: mûrir

French

Etymology

From mûr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /my.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

murir

  1. to mature or ripen

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)
infinitive simple murir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple murissant
/my.ʁi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle muri
/my.ʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 muris
/my.ʁi/ 		muris
/my.ʁi/ 		murit
/my.ʁi/ 		murîmes
/my.ʁim/ 		murîtes
/my.ʁit/ 		murirent
/my.ʁiʁ/
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/
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/
(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 murisse
/my.ʁis/ 		murisses
/my.ʁis/ 		murisse
/my.ʁis/ 		murissions
/my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		murissiez
/my.ʁi.sje/ 		murissent
/my.ʁis/
imperfect2 murisse
/my.ʁis/ 		murisses
/my.ʁis/ 		murît
/my.ʁi/ 		murissions
/my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		murissiez
/my.ʁi.sje/ 		murissent
/my.ʁis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — muris
/my.ʁi/ 		— murissons
/my.ʁi.sɔ̃/ 		murissez
/my.ʁi.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Old French

Verb

murir

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of morir

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 gerund of estre + 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 present tense of estre + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of estre + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of estre + past participle
future perfect future tense of estre + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of estre + 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 present subjunctive of estre + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— muir — murons murez —

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Verb

murir

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) to die

Conjugation

infinitive murir
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
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