blasfemen

Catalan

Verb

blasfemen

1. third-person plural present indicative of blasfemar

Galician

Verb

blasfemen

1. inflection of blasfemar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blasfeme, blasphemen, blaspheme, blasefleme

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French blasfemer, a learned borrowing from Late Latin blasphēmāre. Doublet of blamen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blasˈfɛːmən/

Verb

blasfemen

1. (transitive, intransitive) to blaspheme; to speak against a deity
2. (transitive, intransitive) to act insultingly towards a deity
3. (rare, transitive) to slander; to defame

Conjugation

Conjugation of blasfemen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) blasfemen, blasfeme
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	blasfeme	blasfemed
2nd-person singular	blasfemest	blasfemedest
3rd-person singular	blasfemeth	blasfemed
subjunctive singular	blasfeme
imperative singular		—
plural1	blasfemen, blasfeme	blasfemeden, blasfemede
imperative plural	blasfemeth, blasfeme	—
participles	blasfemynge, blasfemende	blasfemed, yblasfemed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• blasfeme
• blasfemour
• blasfemye
• blasfemyng

Descendants

• English: blaspheme

References

• “blasfēmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

blasfemen

1. inflection of blasfemar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative