tiren

See also: tírèn, tǐrèn, and tìrén

Asturian

Verb

tiren

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of tirar

Catalan

Verb

tiren

  1. third-person plural present indicative of tirar

Galician

Verb

tiren

  1. inflection of tirar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English tȳrian, tēorian, from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːrən/, /ˈteːrən/

Verb

tiren

  1. to diminish, weaken
  2. to exhaust, tire

Conjugation

Conjugation of tiren (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) teren, tere
present tense past tense
1st-person singular tere tered
2nd-person singular terest teredest
3rd-person singular tereth tered
subjunctive singular tere
imperative singular
plural1 teren, tere tereden, terede
imperative plural tereth, tere
participles terynge, terende tered

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: tire
  • Scots: tire, tyre, tyr

References

Spanish

Verb

tiren

  1. inflection of tirar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Volapük

Noun

tiren (genitive tirena, plural tirens)

  1. tyranny

Declension

Declension of tiren
singular plural
nominative tiren tirens
genitive tirena tirenas
dative tirene tirenes
accusative tireni tirenis
vocative 1 o tiren! o tirens!
predicative 2 tirenu tirenus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only