ungir

Borrowed from Latin ungere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

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

ungir (first-person singular present ungeixo, first-person singular preterite ungí, past participle ungit)

1. (obsolete) to grease, to rub with oil

   Synonym: untar

2. to annoint

• unció
• ungüent

• “ungir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ungir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ungir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ungir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

ungir

1. second-person singular active present subjunctive of unga

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ungir, ongir, from Latin ungĕre.

• Rhymes: -iʁ, -i, -iɾ
• Homophone: ungi (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: un‧gir

ungir (first-person singular present unjo, first-person singular preterite ungi, past participle ungido)

1. (transitive) to anoint (grease with oil)
2. (transitive) to anoint (wet or moisten with oil or liquid)
3. (transitive, religion) to administer the sacrament of extreme unction to
4. (transitive, religion) to consecrate (give possession or invest with authority through anointing)
5. (transitive) to make better, more perfect
6. (reflexive, pronominal) to anoint oneself
7. (reflexive, pronominal) to penetrate with anointing

• “ungir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “ungir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Inherited from Old Spanish ungir, borrowed from Latin ungere.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /unˈxiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: un‧gir

ungir (first-person singular present unjo, first-person singular preterite ungí, past participle ungido)

1. (transitive) to anoint (to smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance)
2. (transitive) to anoint (to apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration)
3. (transitive) to anoint (to choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position)

• “ungir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10