birbar

Catalan

Etymology

Alteration of minvar (“to diminish”).

Verb

birbar (first-person singular present birbo, first-person singular preterite birbí, past participle birbat)

  1. (transitive) to weed (out)
    Synonym: eixarcolar
    • 1978, Alfons Cucó Giner et al., La qüestió agrària al País Valencià:
      Fins i tot, s'arriba a prendre solucions dràstiques, com ara deixar de birbar l'arròs...perquè hom considera que els diners que es treuran de la collita no compensen els treballs i costos d'aquesta feina.
      One even ends up taking drastic solutions, such as now giving up on weeding the rice...because one considers that the money which will be made from the harvest doesn't compensate for the labour and costs of this work.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of birbar (first conjugation)
infinitive birbar
gerund birbant
past participle masculine feminine
singular birbat birbada
plural birbats birbades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present birbo birbes birba birbem birbeu birben
imperfect birbava birbaves birbava birbàvem birbàveu birbaven
future birbaré birbaràs birbarà birbarem birbareu birbaran
preterite birbí birbares birbà birbàrem birbàreu birbaren
conditional birbaria birbaries birbaria birbaríem birbaríeu birbarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present birbi birbis birbi birbem birbeu birbin
imperfect birbés birbessis birbés birbéssim birbéssiu birbessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — birba birbi birbem birbeu birbin
negative (no) — no birbis no birbi no birbem no birbeu no birbin

Derived terms

  • birbador

Further reading

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