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.