Inherited from Middle French saurir, from Old French sorir, from Frankish *saurijan, from Proto-Germanic *sauzijaną (“to dry, sear”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”). By surface analysis, saur + -ir. Cognate with English sear.
saurir
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-.
infinitive | simple | saurir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | saurissant /sɔ.ʁi.sɑ̃/ or /so.ʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | sauri /sɔ.ʁi/ or /so.ʁi/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | sauris /sɔ.ʁi/ or /so.ʁi/ |
sauris /sɔ.ʁi/ or /so.ʁi/ |
saurit /sɔ.ʁi/ or /so.ʁi/ |
saurissons /sɔ.ʁi.sɔ̃/ or /so.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
saurissez /sɔ.ʁi.se/ or /so.ʁi.se/ |
saurissent /sɔ.ʁis/ or /so.ʁis/ |
imperfect | saurissais /sɔ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /so.ʁi.sɛ/ |
saurissais /sɔ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /so.ʁi.sɛ/ |
saurissait /sɔ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /so.ʁi.sɛ/ |
saurissions /sɔ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /so.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
saurissiez /sɔ.ʁi.sje/ or /so.ʁi.sje/ |
saurissaient /sɔ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /so.ʁi.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | sauris /sɔ.ʁi/ or /so.ʁi/ |
sauris /sɔ.ʁi/ or /so.ʁi/ |
saurit /sɔ.ʁi/ or /so.ʁi/ |
saurîmes /sɔ.ʁim/ or /so.ʁim/ |
saurîtes /sɔ.ʁit/ or /so.ʁit/ |
saurirent /sɔ.ʁiʁ/ or /so.ʁiʁ/ | |
future | saurirai /sɔ.ʁi.ʁe/ or /so.ʁi.ʁe/ |
sauriras /sɔ.ʁi.ʁa/ or /so.ʁi.ʁa/ |
saurira /sɔ.ʁi.ʁa/ or /so.ʁi.ʁa/ |
saurirons /sɔ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /so.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
saurirez /sɔ.ʁi.ʁe/ or /so.ʁi.ʁe/ |
sauriront /sɔ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /so.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | saurirais /sɔ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /so.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
saurirais /sɔ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /so.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
saurirait /sɔ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /so.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
sauririons /sɔ.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /so.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sauririez /sɔ.ʁi.ʁje/ or /so.ʁi.ʁje/ |
sauriraient /sɔ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /so.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 | saurisse /sɔ.ʁis/ or /so.ʁis/ |
saurisses /sɔ.ʁis/ or /so.ʁis/ |
saurisse /sɔ.ʁis/ or /so.ʁis/ |
saurissions /sɔ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /so.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
saurissiez /sɔ.ʁi.sje/ or /so.ʁi.sje/ |
saurissent /sɔ.ʁis/ or /so.ʁis/ |
imperfect2 | saurisse /sɔ.ʁis/ or /so.ʁis/ |
saurisses /sɔ.ʁis/ or /so.ʁis/ |
saurît /sɔ.ʁi/ or /so.ʁi/ |
saurissions /sɔ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /so.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
saurissiez /sɔ.ʁi.sje/ or /so.ʁi.sje/ |
saurissent /sɔ.ʁis/ or /so.ʁis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | sauris /sɔ.ʁi/ or /so.ʁi/ |
— | saurissons /sɔ.ʁi.sɔ̃/ or /so.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
saurissez /sɔ.ʁi.se/ or /so.ʁi.se/ |
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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). |