desfira

desfira

1. inflection of desferir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From des- (“un-”) +‎ fir (“thread”) + -a (first-conjugation verbal suffix). Some Romanian etymological dictionaries list it as deriving from a local Vulgar Latin construction *disfīlāre[1](from dis- + fīlāre < fīlum), but this is unlikely, as normally it would become *diffīlāre in Latin.

a desfira (third-person singular present desfiră, past participle desfirat) 1st conj.

1. (rare) to unravel, unwind (usually string or thread)

   Synonyms: deșira, desfășura

• fir