substituït

Substituït is a Catalan adjective and past participle meaning substituted or replaced. It is formed from the verb substituir, which in turn traces back to Latin substitūtus and is related to similar words in other Romance languages. The word is used to indicate that something has been replaced by another element or person, and it can describe both people and objects.

Etymology and form: Substituït derives from the Latin root substitūtus through the historical development of the Catalan verb substituir. The diaeresis on the ï marks the phonetic separation in the stem before the final -t, a feature of the orthography of substituir. The masculine singular form is substituït and the feminine singular form is substituïda; it agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. Plural forms follow standard Catalan agreement, which may vary with gender.

Usage: In everyday Catalan, substituït is used to describe something that has been replaced. For example, in sports, a player who is taken off and replaced by another is described as the substitut or the player substituït. In technical or mechanical contexts, a component that has been replaced can be referred to as substituït, substituïda, or their plural forms to match the noun. The term can also function as a past participle in compound tenses of substituir, such as “ha estat substituït.”

See also: substituir, substitut, substitució.