# mantenir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mantenir, from Vulgar Latin *mantenīre, infinitive of *manteniō (“to support”), variant of Late Latin manuteneō, corresponding to Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mən.təˈni]
* IPA: (Valencia) [man.teˈniɾ]

### Verb

mantenir (first-person singular present mantinc, first-person singular preterite mantinguí, past participle mantingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* to maintain; to uphold; to keep going

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | mantenir | mantenir | mantenir | mantenir | mantenir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | mantenint | mantenint | mantenint | mantenint | mantenint |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | mantingut | mantingut | mantinguda | mantinguda |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | mantinguts | mantinguts | mantingudes | mantingudes |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | mantinc | mantens | manté | mantenim | manteniu | mantenen |
| indicative | imperfect | mantenia | mantenies | mantenia | manteníem | manteníeu | mantenien |
| indicative | future | mantindré | mantindràs | mantindrà | mantindrem | mantindreu | mantindran |
| indicative | preterite | mantinguí | mantingueres | mantingué | mantinguérem | mantinguéreu | mantingueren |
| indicative | conditional | mantindria | mantindries | mantindria | mantindríem | mantindríeu | mantindrien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | mantingui | mantinguis | mantingui | mantinguem | mantingueu | mantinguin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | mantingués | mantinguessis | mantingués | mantinguéssim | mantinguéssiu | mantinguessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | mantén, mantingues | mantingui | mantinguem | manteniu, mantingueu | mantinguin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no mantinguis | no mantingui | no mantinguem | no mantingueu | no mantinguin |

#### Derived terms

* manteniment

### Further reading

* “mantenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “mantenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “mantenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “mantenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Ido
### Verb

mantenir
* past infinitive of mantenar

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mantenīre, infinitive of *manteniō (“I support”), variant of Late Latin manuteneō, corresponding to Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“I hold”).

### Verb

mantenir
* To maintain

#### Conjugation

* Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.