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)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			decaure
present participle			decaient
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		decaigut		decaiguda
		plural		decaiguts		decaigudes
person		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
imperative		—	decau	decaigui	decaiguem	decaieu	decaiguin

Related terms

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.

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