gorir

Galician

Alternative forms

• garir, guarir

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese guarir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend”). Cognate with French guérir, Catalan guarir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡo.ˈɾiɾ]

Verb

gorir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite gorín, past participle gorido)

1. (archaic) to sustain
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 410:

     Pero sua entẽçõ he que nós que comamos et guastemos tódaslas cousas do basteçemento que tẽemos et perlo que deuemos gorir: pan et vjño et carne et fariña et outras cousas

     But his intentions is that we eat and expend everything of the supply we have and which must serve to our sustainment: bread and wine and meat and flour and other things

2. (dated) to shelter
3. (dated) to cure, heal
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:

     con esto asy caente queimaren ben a chaga, et gardena da agoa et de lixo et garira, esto he prouado

     with this hot [substance] they shall burn the wound, and save it from water and dirt, and it will cure, that is proven

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gorir (defective)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	gorir
Personal	gorir	gorires	gorir	gorirmos	gorirdes	goriren
Gerund
	gorindo
Past participle
Masculine	gorido			goridos
Feminine	gorida			goridas
Indicative
Present	—	—	—	gorimos	gorides	—
Imperfect	goría	gorías	goría	goriamos	goriades	gorían
Preterite	gorín	goriches	goriu	gorimos	goristes	goriron
Pluperfect	gorira	goriras	gorira	goriramos	gorirades	goriran
Future	gorirei	gorirás	gorirá	goriremos	goriredes	gorirán
Conditional	goriría	gorirías	goriría	goririamos	goririades	gorirían
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	—	—	—	—
Imperfect	gorise	gorises	gorise	gorísemos	gorísedes	gorisen
Future	gorir	gorires	gorir	gorirmos	gorirdes	goriren
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	goride	—
Negative (non)		—	—	—	—	—

Related terms

• garita
• gorecer
• gorida

References

• “guarir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “garir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “gorir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “gorir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.