detenir

See also: détenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dētinēre.

Pronunciation

Verb

detenir (first-person singular present detinc, first-person singular preterite detinguí, past participle detingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to stop, to block
  2. (transitive) to detain
    • 2017 January 4, Julia Camacho, “Detinguda la meitat de la plantilla dela Guàrdia Civil per narcotràfic”, in El Periódico‎:
      Els veïns d'Isla Mayor (Sevilla), un petit municipi a la riba del riu Guadalquivir, fa dies que estan en estat de xoc després de saber que la meitat de la plantilla de la caserna de la Guàrdia Civil, començant pel sergent, està detinguda per narcotràfic
      The residents of Isla Mayor (Sevilla), a small municipality on the bank of the Guadalquivir river, have been in a state of shock for days after learning that half of the staff of the Guardia Civil's barracks, starting with the sergeant, is detained for drug trafficking.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of detenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive detenir
gerund detenint
past participle masculine feminine
singular detingut detinguda
plural detinguts detingudes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present detinc detens deté detenim deteniu detenen
imperfect detenia detenies detenia deteníem deteníeu detenien
future detindré detindràs detindrà detindrem detindreu detindran
preterite detinguí detingueres detingué detinguérem detinguéreu detingueren
conditional detindria detindries detindria detindríem detindríeu detindrien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present detingui detinguis detingui detinguem detingueu detinguin
imperfect detingués detinguessis detingués detinguéssim detinguéssiu detinguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — detén, detingues detingui detinguem deteniu, detingueu detinguin
negative (no) — no detinguis no detingui no detinguem no detingueu no detinguin

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin detinere, present active infinitive of detineo.

Verb

detenir

  1. to detain (to keep as a prisoner; to not allow to leave)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem detien distinct from the unstressed stem deten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of detenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive detenir avoir detenu
gerund en detenant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle detenant
past participle detenu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present detieng, detien detiens detient detenons detenez detienent
imperfect detenoie, deteneie detenoies, deteneies detenoit, deteneit deteniiens, deteniens deteniiez, deteniez detenoient, deteneient
preterite detin detenis detint detenimes detenistes detindrent, detinrent
future detendrai detendras detendra detendrons detendroiz, detendreiz, detendrez detendront
conditional detendroie, detendreie detendroies, detendreies detendroit, detendreit detendriiens, detendriens detendriiez, detendriez detendroient, detendreient
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 detiegne detiegnes detiegne detiegniens, detiegnons detiegniez detiegnent
imperfect detenisse detenisses detenist detenissons, detenissiens detenissoiz, detenissez, detenissiez detenissent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— detien — detenons detenez —

Descendants
  • → English: detain
  • French: détenir

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (detenir, supplement)
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