obiit
verb
LanguageLatin
Meaning- third-person singular perfect active indicative of obeō: departed, left, passed on, passed away
- passed away
- This is a past-tense verb form meaning that someone died or departed. It is the third-person singular form of the verb obeō.
Pater meus obiit.
My father passed away.
Part of speechverb
Usage noteThis word is often used as a formal or euphemistic way to refer to death.
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