/ˈkur.d͡ʒe/
OrigineInherited from Latin currere (“run, flow”), an alteration of the older / regional form cure, influenced by verbs like merge. Likewise in most areas where cure is the dominant pronunciation, merge is altered to mere - by the same analogy. See also scurge. The Latin is from Proto-Italic *korzō, itself from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).
- to flow, run (liquid), drip
Formea curge 3rd conjugation(canonical) · curge(present, singular, third-person) · curs(participle, past) · curgă(subjunctive, third-person) · a curge(infinitive) · curgând(gerund) · curg(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · curgi(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · curge(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · curgem(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · curgeți(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · curg(indicative, plural, present, third-person) · curgeam(first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · curgeai(imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · curgea(imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · curgeam(first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · curgeați(imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · curgeau(imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · cursei(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · curseși(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular)