esmorir
Galician edit
Etymology edit
13th century. Probably from Latin *exmorī, from ex + morior (“I die”); but compare Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
esmorir
- (intransitive, archaic) to faint
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 308:
- Et seýosselle tãto sange que c[a]eu esmorido, et coydarõ todas suas cõpañas que era morto
- And he loss so much blood that he collapsed to the ground, faint, and all of his troopers thought that he was dead
Conjugation edit
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