detenir
See also: détenir
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin dētinēre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
detenir (first-person singular present detinc, first-person singular preterite detinguí, past participle detingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- (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[1]:
- 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.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of detenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “detenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “detenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin detinere, present active infinitive of detineo.
Verb edit
detenir
- to detain (to keep as a prisoner; to not allow to leave)
Conjugation edit
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 | ||||||
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infinitive | detenir | avoir detenu | |||||
gerund | en detenant | gerund of avoir + 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | detien | — | detenons | detenez | — |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (detenir, supplement)