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gésir

/ʒe.ziʁ/

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verb/ʒe.ziʁ/

to lie (to be in a horizontal position), especially when dead or wounded; to be located; to be buried, hidden

Ci-gît...Here lies...

Inherited from Old French gesir, from Latin iacēre. The final -ir < Latin -ēre is regular and results from the palatalization of the preceding -c- to *[d͡zʲ], as in loisir, moisir, plaisir.