decaure
Catalan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dēcadēre, from Latin de- and cado (“I fall”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /dəˈkaw.ɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /deˈkaw.ɾe/
Verb
decaure (first-person singular present decaic, past participle decaigut)
- (intransitive) to decline, to deteriorate (to become weaker or worse)
- (physics) to decay (to change by capturing or losing electrons)
Conjugation
Conjugation of decaure (second conjugation, vowel stem with imperfect -ia)
infinitive | decaure | ||||||
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present participle | decaient | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | decaigut | decaiguda | |||||
plural | decaiguts | decaigudes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | decaic | decaus | decau | decaiem | decaieu | decauen | |
imperfect | dequeia | dequeies | dequeia | dequèiem | dequèieu | dequeien | |
future | decauré | decauràs | decaurà | decaurem | decaureu | decauran | |
preterite | decaiguí | decaigueres | decaigué | decaiguérem | decaiguéreu | decaigueren | |
conditional | decauria | decauries | decauria | decauríem | decauríeu | decaurien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | decaigui | decaiguis | decaigui | decaiguem | decaigueu | decaiguin | |
imperfect | decaigués | decaiguessis | decaigués | decaiguéssim | decaiguéssiu | decaiguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | decau | decaigui | decaiguem | decaieu | decaiguin |
Related terms
- caure
- decadent
Further reading
- “decaure” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “decaure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “decaure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “decaure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.