Adjective: firme
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | firme |
| Singular f. | firme |
| Plural m. | firmes |
| Plural f. | firmes |
Sample Sentences
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Ay espada moy fremosa, que nũca foy suzia nẽ ferrugeẽta, mais sempre foy fremosa et clara et cõueniuele d'ancho et de longo, mais forte et mais firme ca toda las outras, o mãgo tẽes d'almasi moy brãquo et feicto en gisa de cruz, cõ moy fremosa arrays dourada et cõ moy boa maçãa dourada de beril no magarõ. (Oh, very beauty sword, which was never dirty or rusty but was always beauty and clear and appropriate in its width and in its length; stronger and firmer than the rest; your hilt is of the whitest ivory, made in the form of the cross, with a very beauty golden handle, and an excellent golden apple of beryl in the end) [1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: CSIC, page 136:]
Adjectives inflected like firme
urxente,
somalí,
activista,
monolingüe,
monolingue,
simple,
paciente,
bengalí,
permanente,
chavista,
precedente,
fascista,
contraproducente,
liberticida,
clarividente,
irremediable,
flagelante,
comunicable,
apagable,
influente, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese firme (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin firmis, from Latin firmus. See: Latin Adjectives '
firmus'.
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