Infinitive
fosforeski
Forms
Tenses
| Present | fosforeskas |
| Past | fosforeskis |
| Future | fosforeskos |
| Conditional | fosforeskus |
| Imperative | fosforesku! |
Participles
| Active past | fosforeskinta |
| Active present | fosforeskanta |
| Active future | fosforeskonta |
| Passive past | fosforeskita |
| Passive present | fosforeskta |
| Passive future | fosforeskota |
Etymology
Ultimately derived from Latin phōsphorus (“phosphorus”, noun).
Sample Sentences
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La profesoro funkciigis la aparaton, la tubo komencis fosforeski. (The professor turned on the device, the tube began to phosphoresce.) [1957–1972, Sándor Szathmári, “Honorigo [Honoring]”, in Satiraj rakontoj [Satirical stories]:]
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[…]fantoma lumo en la kajuto fosforeskas. ([…] a ghostly light in the cabin phosphoresces.) [1984–1987, Julij Muraŝkovskij, Ingrida Muraŝkovska, Kien fluas roj’ Castalie [Where does the Castalie stream flow], Literatura Skatolo:]
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La branĉo estis dika kiel barelo kaj fosforeskis ruĝe de interne. (The branch was as thick as a barrel and phosphoresced red from the inside.) [1997, Michael Ende, “Perelin', la Noktarbaro [Perelin' the Night Forest]”, in Diestel, Wolfram, transl., La senĉesa rakonto [The Neverending Story], Berlin—Maribor: Germana Esperanto-Asocio; Inter-Kulturo, published 1997, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:]
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