forbir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French fourbir

Verb

forbir (first-person singular present forbeixo, first-person singular preterite forbí, past participle forbit)

1. (transitive) to polish up, to shine

   Synonym: polir

Further reading

• “forbir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “forbir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Alternative forms

• fourbir, furbir

Etymology

Frankish *furbēn.

Verb

forbir

1. to clean
2. to polish (of metal, to clean and make shiny)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		forbir			avoir forbi
gerund		en forbissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		forbissant
past participle		forbi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	forbis	forbis	forbist	forbissons	forbissez	forbissent
	imperfect	forbissoie, forbisseie	forbissoies, forbisseies	forbissoit, forbisseit	forbissiiens, forbissiens	forbissiiez, forbissiez	forbissoient, forbisseient
	preterite	forbi	forbis	forbi	forbimes	forbistes	forbirent
	future	forbirai	forbiras	forbira	forbirons	forbiroiz, forbireiz, forbirez	forbiront
	conditional	forbiroie, forbireie	forbiroies, forbireies	forbiroit, forbireit	forbiriiens, forbiriens	forbiriiez, forbiriez	forbiroient, forbireient
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	forbisse	forbisses	forbisse	forbissons	forbissez	forbissent
	imperfect	forbisse	forbisses	forbist	forbissons, forbissiens	forbissoiz, forbissez, forbissiez	forbissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	forbis	—	forbissons	forbissez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: foubir
  • French: fourbir
    • → Catalan: forbir
• → Middle English: furbisshen
  • English: furbish

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (forbir)