beneir

See also: beneïr

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin benedīcere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. Compare Occitan benesir, French bénir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bə.nəˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [be.neˈiɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

beneir (first-person singular present beneeixo, first-person singular preterite beneí, past participle beneït)

1. to bless

Conjugation

    Conjugation of beneir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			beneir
gerund			beneint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		beneït		beneïda
		plural		beneïts		beneïdes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	beneeixo	beneeixes	beneeix	beneïm	beneïu	beneeixen
	imperfect	beneïa	beneïes	beneïa	beneíem	beneíeu	beneïen
	future	beneiré	beneiràs	beneirà	beneirem	beneireu	beneiran
	preterite	beneí	beneïres	beneí	beneírem	beneíreu	beneïren
	conditional	beneiria	beneiries	beneiria	beneiríem	beneiríeu	beneirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	beneeixi	beneeixis	beneeixi	beneïm	beneïu	beneeixin
	imperfect	beneís	beneïssis	beneís	beneíssim	beneíssiu	beneïssin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	beneeix	beneeixi	beneïm	beneïu	beneeixin
	negative (no)	—	no beneeixis	no beneeixi	no beneïm	no beneïu	no beneeixin

Related terms

• beneit
• benedicció
• dir
• maleir

Further reading

• “beneir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “beneir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “beneir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “beneir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Verb

beneir

1. alternative infinitive of beneïstre.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of beneir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		beneir			aveir beneoit, beneï
gerund		en beneïssant			gerund of aveir + past participle
present participle		beneïssant
past participle		beneoit, beneï
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	beneï, beneïs	beneïs	beneït, beneïst	beneïssons	beneïssiez	beneïssent
	imperfect	beneïsseie	beneïsseies	beneïsseit	beneïssiiens, beneïssiens	beneïssiiez, beneïssiez	beneïsseient
	preterite	beneï, benesqui	beneïs, benesquis	beneïé, benesquié	beneïmes, benesquimes	beneïstes, benesquistes	beneïerent, benesquierent
	future	beneïrai, beneïstrai	beneïras, beneïstras	beneïra, beneïstra	beneïrons, beneïstrons	beneïreiz, beneïrez, beneïstreiz, beneïstrez	beneïront, beneïstront
	conditional	beneïreie, beneïstreie	beneïreies, beneïstreies	beneïreit, beneïstreit	beneïriiens, beneïriens, beneïstriiens, beneïstriens	beneïriiez, beneïriez, beneïstriiez, beneïstriez	beneïreient, beneïstreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of aveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of aveir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of aveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of aveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	beneïe, beneïsse	beneïes, beneïsses	beneïe, beneïsse	beneïiens, beneïons, beneïssiens, beneïssons	beneïiez, beneïssiez	beneïent, beneïssent
	imperfect	beneïsse, benesquisse	beneïsses, benesquisses	beneïst, benesquist	beneïssons, beneïssiens, benesquissons, benesquissiens	beneïsseiz, beneïssez, beneïssiez, benesquisseiz, benesquissez, benesquissiez	beneïssent, benesquissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	beneï, beneïs	—	beneïssons	beneïssiez	—

Descendants

• French: bénir
• Norman: béni (Jersey)