parpellejar

Catalan

Alternative forms

parpallejar (Valencia)

Etymology

From parpella +‎ -ejar.

Verb

parpellejar (first-person singular present parpellejo, first-person singular preterite parpellegí, past participle parpellejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

(intransitive) to blink
Synonym: pestanyejar
(intransitive, figurative) to twinkle

Conjugation

Conjugation of parpellejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			parpellejar
gerund			parpellejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		parpellejat		parpellejada
		plural		parpellejats		parpellejades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	parpellejo	parpelleges	parpelleja	parpellegem	parpellegeu	parpellegen
	imperfect	parpellejava	parpellejaves	parpellejava	parpellejàvem	parpellejàveu	parpellejaven
	future	parpellejaré	parpellejaràs	parpellejarà	parpellejarem	parpellejareu	parpellejaran
	preterite	parpellegí	parpellejares	parpellejà	parpellejàrem	parpellejàreu	parpellejaren
	conditional	parpellejaria	parpellejaries	parpellejaria	parpellejaríem	parpellejaríeu	parpellejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	parpellegi	parpellegis	parpellegi	parpellegem	parpellegeu	parpellegin
	imperfect	parpellegés	parpellegessis	parpellegés	parpellegéssim	parpellegéssiu	parpellegessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	parpelleja	parpellegi	parpellegem	parpellegeu	parpellegin
	negative (no)	—	no parpellegis	no parpellegi	no parpellegem	no parpellegeu	no parpellegin

Derived terms

parpelleig
pipellejar

Further reading

“parpellejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“parpellejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“parpellejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“parpellejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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