divideixen

Divideixen is the present indicative third-person plural form of the Catalan verb dividir, meaning "they divide." It functions as a finite verb form used to describe the action of dividing carried out by multiple subjects. As a conjugated form, it appears in sentences where the subject is a plural noun or pronoun and the action concerns distributing or partitioning something among several recipients.

Etymology and morphology: Divideixen derives from the verb dividir, which traces to Latin dividere. In Catalan, the present plural ending for this verb type is -eixen, yielding divideixen. The form carries standard agreement for person and number with the subject.

Usage and examples: Divideixen is used to express distributing tasks, resources, or quantities among several agents. Examples include:

- Els grups divideixen les tasques entre ells. (The groups divide the tasks among themselves.)

- Les empreses divideixen els costos segons les seves responsabilitats. (The companies divide the costs according to their responsibilities.)

In grammatical analysis, divideixen is a regular present-tense form for the third-person plural, contrasting with the singular divideix and the other person-number combinations of dividir.

Relation to related terms: As a conjugated verb form, divideixen is related to other Catalan forms of dividir (divideixo, divideixes, divideix, dividim, dividiu, divideixen). It is commonly encountered in everyday Catalan prose and speech when describing distribution or allocation activities.

See also: Catalan verb conjugation, dividir, division (mathematics) in Catalan contexts.