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saillir

/sa.jiʁ/

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verb/sa.jiʁ/

to spurt; to sire (to procreate)

Inherited from Middle French saillir, from Old French saillir, salir, from Latin salīre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥-ye-. Cognate with Spanish salir (“to go out”) and Italian salire (“to go up”).

verb/sa.jiʁ/

to stick out, bulge out, jut out