gemir

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈmi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒeˈmiɾ]

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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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/ [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[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “gemir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 142-143

• “gemir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28