Ido edit

Etymology edit

ferma (firm, steady, solid, stable, fixed, compact, stout) +‎ -igar

Verb edit

fermigar (present tense fermigas, past tense fermigis, future tense fermigos, imperative fermigez, conditional fermigus)

  1. to strengthen, to make firm
    • Markezo de Segur, Vivo di Santa Franciskus de Sales, tr. by Lucie Poitresse, 1927, 4.
      Deo, por fermigar lua kurajo, probis lu per hororinda tenteso.
      God, to strengthen his courage, tried him with horrific temptation.
    • Árpád Rátkai, "Ido en Hungaria", Progreso, 327 (January - April 2003), 27.
      L'idisti anke en la pre-urbi di Budapest probis fermigar lia bazo.
      The Idists also tried to make their base firmer in the suburbs of Budapest.

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