Deixáis
Deixáis is a verb form that appears in discussions of Iberian Romance languages as a second-person plural present tense form of a verb meaning “to leave” or “to allow/permit.” Its exact interpretation depends on the underlying verb, which can be deix/ dejar/deixar in various languages and dialects. In standard Spanish, the corresponding form for the same person and tense is dejáis, with the grapheme j representing the phoneme typically written as j. In standard Portuguese, the common present-tense form for the second person plural is deixais (or deixam in the third person). The spelling deixáis, with an x, is not part of the normative standards of these languages and is typically described as dialectal, historical, or a regional variant, sometimes arising in texts or orthographies influenced by neighboring languages.
- Spelling variation reflects different phonetic interpretations and historical developments across Iberian languages.
- In contemporary, formal writing, deixáis is generally not listed as a standard form in major dictionaries
- The form underscores how orthography can obscure verb forms that are otherwise parallel across related languages,
- dejar
- deixar
- dejáis
- deixáis