detenir
See also: détenir
Catalan
Alternative forms
- detindre
Etymology
From Latin dētinēre, present active infinitive of dētineō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /də.təˈni/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de.teˈniɾ/
Verb
detenir (first-person singular present detinc, past participle detingut)
- (transitive) to stop, to block
- (transitive) to detain
- 2017 January 4, Julia Camacho, “Detinguda la meitat de la plantilla dela Guàrdia Civil per narcotràfic”, in El Periódico:
- Els veïns d'Isla Mayor (Sevilla), un petit municipi a la riba del riu Guadalquivir, fa dies que estan en estat de xoc després de saber que la meitat de la plantilla de la caserna de la Guàrdia Civil, començant pel sergent, està detinguda per narcotràfic.
- The residents of Isla Mayor (Sevilla), a small municipality on the bank of the Guadalquivir river, have been in a state of shock for days after learning that half of the staff of the Guardia Civil's barracks, starting with the sergeant, is detained for drug trafficking.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of detenir (second conjugation with velar infix, type tenir)
| infinitive | detenir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | detenint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | detingut | detinguda | |||||
| plural | detinguts | detingudes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | detinc | detens | deté | detenim | deteniu | detenen | |
| imperfect | detenia | detenies | detenia | deteníem | deteníeu | detenien | |
| future | detindré | detindràs | detindrà | detindrem | detindreu | detindran | |
| preterite | detinguí | detingueres | detingué | detinguérem | detinguéreu | detingueren | |
| conditional | detindria | detindries | detindria | detindríem | detindríeu | detindrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | detingui | detinguis | detingui | detinguem | detingueu | detinguin | |
| imperfect | detingués | detinguessis | detingués | detinguéssim | detinguéssiu | detinguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | deté | detingui | detinguem | deteniu | detinguin | ||
Related terms
- detenció
Further reading
- “detenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “detenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “detenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “detenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin detinere, present active infinitive of detineo.
Verb
detenir
- to detain (to keep as a prisoner; to not allow to leave)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem detien distinct from the unstressed stem deten, 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 detenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | detenir | avoir detenu | |||||
| gerund | en detenant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | detenant | ||||||
| past participle | detenu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | detieng, detien | detiens | detient | detenons | detenez | detienent |
| imperfect | detenoie, deteneie | detenoies, deteneies | detenoit, deteneit | deteniiens, deteniens | deteniiez, deteniez | detenoient, deteneient | |
| preterite | detin | detenis | detint | detenimes | detenistes | detindrent, detinrent | |
| future | detendrai | detendras | detendra | detendrons | detendroiz, detendreiz, detendrez | detendront | |
| conditional | detendroie, detendreie | detendroies, detendreies | detendroit, detendreit | detendriiens, detendriens | detendriiez, detendriez | detendroient, detendreient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | detiegne | detiegnes | detiegne | detiegniens, detiegnons | detiegniez | detiegnent |
| imperfect | detenisse | detenisses | detenist | detenissons, detenissiens | detenissoiz, detenissez, detenissiez | detenissent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | detien | — | detenons | detenez | — | ||
Descendants
- → English: detain
- French: détenir
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (detenir, supplement)