Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan tànyer, itself from Latin tangere (touch), and influenced by the derivative pertingere (to stretch out, extend, arrive, reach, obtain) and by pertinēre (to pertain), which gave Old Catalan pertenir (eventually being replaced by pertànyer).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pertànyer (first-person singular present pertanyo, first-person singular preterite pertanyí, past participle pertangut or pertanyut)

  1. to belong, to pertain

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ pertànyer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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