obeir

See also: obéir and obeïr

Catalan

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin oboedīre.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [u.βəˈi]
    • IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.bəˈi]
    • IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.beˈiɾ]
    • IPA(key): (Northwestern) [o.βeˈi]
    • Audio (Barcelona):(file)
    • Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
    • Homophone: obeí

    Verb

    obeir (first-person singular present obeeixo, first-person singular preterite obeí, past participle obeït)

    1. (ambitransitive) to obey
      Antonym: desobeir
      • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:
        Un fill ha obeir els seus pares sense discutir
        A son must obey his parents without discussion
    2. (intransitive) to comply (a with), correspond (a to), go along with
      • 2023 March 7, “Ferrovial es defensa: "El trasllat als Països Baixos no obeeix a interessos personals"”, in Bolsamanía‎[1], archived from the original on 20 March 2026:
        En aquesta ocasió ha estat Francisco Polo, director de comunicació de la companyia, que ha assenyalat als micròfons de Ràdio Nacional d'Espanya (RNE) que aquest moviment “no obeeix a l'interès personal de ningú” i que es fa per poder “competir als mercats internacionals”.
        On this occasion it was Francisco Polo, the company's director of communications, who stated to the microphones of Spanish National Radio (RNE) that this move "doesn't reflect anyone's personal interest" and that it is being done to be able to "compete in international markets".

    Conjugation

        Central Catalan conjugation of obeir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
    infinitive obeir
    gerund obeint
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular obeït obeïda
    plural obeïts obeïdes
    person singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative jo tu ell/ella
    vostè     		nosaltres
    nós     		vosaltres
    vós     		ells/elles
    vostès
    present obeeixo obeeixes obeeix obeïm obeïu obeeixen
    imperfect obeïa obeïes obeïa obeíem obeíeu obeïen
    future obeiré obeiràs obeirà obeirem obeireu obeiran
    preterite obeí obeïres obeí obeírem obeíreu obeïren
    conditional obeiria obeiries obeiria obeiríem obeiríeu obeirien
    subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
    vostè     		nosaltres
    nós     		vosaltres
    vós     		ells/elles
    vostès
    present obeeixi obeeixis obeeixi obeïm obeïu obeeixin
    imperfect obeís obeïssis obeís obeíssim obeíssiu obeïssin
    imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
    vós     		vostès
    affirmative — obeeix obeeixi obeïm obeïu obeeixin
    negative (no) — no obeeixis no obeeixi no obeïm no obeïu no obeeixin

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Middle French

    Etymology

    From Old French obeir.

    Verb

    obeir

    1. to obey

    Antonyms

    Descendants

    • French: obéir

    Old French

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin oboedīre.

    Verb

    obeïr

    1. to obey

    This verb needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants

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