Pateixen

Pateixen is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Catalan verb patir, which means to suffer, endure, or experience hardship. It translates to "they suffer" in English and is used to describe ongoing or general suffering by multiple subjects.

Morphology: The form is built from the stem patir with the present-tense ending -eixen. In the present tense paradigm for patir, the forms are: jo patisc, tu pateixes, ell pateix, nosaltres patim, vosaltres patiu, ells pateixen. The 3rd person plural ending -eixen is characteristic of this verb class in Catalan.

Etymology: Patir derives from Latin patīre (to suffer) or pati- forms, passing into Catalan as patir. The word shares a common Romance root related to endurance and hardship.

Usage: Pateixen is used in neutral, descriptive statements about plural subjects that are experiencing pain, illness, economic difficulty, or adverse conditions. Examples: Els soldats pateixen les conseqüències de la guerra. Les famílies pateixen durant la crisi. The form is common in both everyday speech and formal writing.

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