decay: verb conjugation and noun forms

Singular and plural for decay[dɪˈkeɪ]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
decay
decays
Possessive case
decay's
decays'
Plural
decays
decays'

Conjugation of the verb decay[dɪˈkeɪ], regular     

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All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I decay
you decay
he/she/it decays
we decay
you decay
they decay

Present Continuous

I am decaying
you are decaying
he/she/it is decaying
we are decaying
you are decaying
they are decaying

Present Perfect

I have decayed
you have decayed
he/she/it has decayed
we have decayed
you have decayed
they have decayed

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been decaying
you have been decaying
he/she/it has been decaying
we have been decaying
you have been decaying
they have been decaying

Past Indefinite

I decayed
you decayed
he/she/it decayed
we decayed
you decayed
they decayed

Past Continuous

I was decaying
you were decaying
he/she/it was decaying
we were decaying
you were decaying
they were decaying

Past Perfect

I had decayed
you had decayed
he/she/it had decayed
we had decayed
you had decayed
they had decayed

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been decaying
you had been decaying
he/she/it had been decaying
we had been decaying
you had been decaying
they had been decaying

Future Indefinite

I will decay
you will decay
he/she/it will decay
we will decay
you will decay
they will decay

Future Continuous

I will be decaying
you will be decaying
he/she/it will be decaying
we will be decaying
you will be decaying
they will be decaying

Future Perfect

I will have decayed
you will have decayed
he/she/it will have decayed
we will have decayed
you will have decayed
they will have decayed

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been decaying
you will have been decaying
he/she/it will have been decaying
we will have been decaying
you will have been decaying
they will have been decaying

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't decay
you don't decay
he/she/it doesn't decay
we don't decay
you don't decay
they don't decay

Present Continuous

I am not decaying
you aren't decaying
he/she/it isn't decaying
we aren't decaying
you aren't decaying
they aren't decaying

Present Perfect

I haven't decayed
you haven't decayed
he/she/it hasn't decayed
we haven't decayed
you haven't decayed
they haven't decayed

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been decaying
you haven't been decaying
he/she/it hasn't been decaying
we haven't been decaying
you haven't been decaying
they haven't been decaying

Past Indefinite

I didn't decay
you didn't decay
he/she/it didn't decay
we didn't decay
you didn't decay
they didn't decay

Past Continuous

I wasn't decaying
you weren't decaying
he/she/it wasn't decaying
we weren't decaying
you weren't decaying
they weren't decaying

Past Perfect

I hadn't decayed
you hadn't decayed
he/she/it hadn't decayed
we hadn't decayed
you hadn't decayed
they hadn't decayed

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been decaying
you hadn't been decaying
he/she/it hadn't been decaying
we hadn't been decaying
you hadn't been decaying
they hadn't been decaying

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't decay
you won't decay
he/she/it won't decay
we shan't / won't decay
you won't decay
they won't decay

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be decaying
you won't be decaying
he/she/it won't be decaying
we shan't / won't be decaying
you won't be decaying
they won't be decaying

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have decayed
you won't have decayed
he/she/it won't have decayed
we shan't / won't have decayed
you won't have decayed
they won't have decayed

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been decaying
you won't have been decaying
he/she/it won't have been decaying
we shan't / won't have been decaying
you won't have been decaying
they won't have been decaying

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I decay?
do you decay?
does he/she/it decay?
do we decay?
do you decay?
do they decay?

Present Continuous

am I decaying?
are you decaying?
is he/she/it decaying?
are we decaying?
are you decaying?
are they decaying?

Present Perfect

have I decayed?
have you decayed?
has he/she/it decayed?
have we decayed?
have you decayed?
have they decayed?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been decaying?
have you been decaying?
has he/she/it been decaying?
have we been decaying?
have you been decaying?
have they been decaying?

Past Indefinite

did I decay?
did you decay?
did he/she/it decay?
did we decay?
did you decay?
did they decay?

Past Continuous

was I decaying?
were you decaying?
was he/she/it decaying?
were we decaying?
were you decaying?
were they decaying?

Past Perfect

had I decayed?
had you decayed?
had he/she/it decayed?
had we decayed?
had you decayed?
had they decayed?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been decaying?
had you been decaying?
had he/she/it been decaying?
had we been decaying?
had you been decaying?
had they been decaying?

Future Indefinite

will I decay?
will you decay?
will he/she/it decay?
will we decay?
will you decay?
will they decay?

Future Continuous

will I be decaying?
will you be decaying?
will he/she/it be decaying?
will we be decaying?
will you be decaying?
will they be decaying?

Future Perfect

will I have decayed?
will you have decayed?
will he/she/it have decayed?
will we have decayed?
will you have decayed?
will they have decayed?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been decaying?
will you have been decaying?
will he/she/it have been decaying?
will we have been decaying?
will you have been decaying?
will they have been decaying?

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would decay
you would decay
he/she/it would decay
we would decay
you would decay
they would decay

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be decaying
you would be decaying
he/she/it would be decaying
we would be decaying
you would be decaying
they would be decaying

Conditional Perfect

I would have decayed
you would have decayed
he/she/it would have decayed
we would have decayed
you would have decayed
they would have decayed

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been decaying
you would have been decaying
he/she/it would have been decaying
we would have been decaying
you would have been decaying
they would have been decaying

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't decay
you wouldn't decay
he/she/it wouldn't decay
we wouldn't decay
you wouldn't decay
they wouldn't decay

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be decaying
you wouldn't be decaying
he/she/it wouldn't be decaying
we wouldn't be decaying
you wouldn't be decaying
they wouldn't be decaying

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have decayed
you wouldn't have decayed
he/she/it wouldn't have decayed
we wouldn't have decayed
you wouldn't have decayed
they wouldn't have decayed

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been decaying
you wouldn't have been decaying
he/she/it wouldn't have been decaying
we wouldn't have been decaying
you wouldn't have been decaying
they wouldn't have been decaying

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I decay?
would you decay?
would he/she/it decay?
would we decay?
would you decay?
would they decay?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be decaying?
would you be decaying?
would he/she/it be decaying?
would we be decaying?
would you be decaying?
would they be decaying?

Conditional Perfect

would I have decayed?
would you have decayed?
would he/she/it have decayed?
would we have decayed?
would you have decayed?
would they have decayed?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been decaying?
would you have been decaying?
would he/she/it have been decaying?
would we have been decaying?
would you have been decaying?
would they have been decaying?

Participles

Present

decaying

Past

decayed

Infinitives

Infinitives

to decay
to have decayed
to be decaying
to have been decaying
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