éborgner

Senses

1. 1.

   to blind (in one eye)

   to cause blindness in one eye, usually by injury or damage

2. 2.

   to put out someone's eye

   to gouge or destroy one eye

Examples

• "L'accident l'a éborgné du côté gauche."

  The accident blinded him in the left eye.

• "Le chevalier a été éborgné lors du combat."

  The knight was blinded in one eye during the fight.

• "Ne le frappez pas au visage, vous risquez de l'éborgner !"

  Don't hit him in the face, you might blind him in one eye!

Usage

This is a relatively rare or formal verb, used primarily in historical, literary, or medical contexts. It conveys violence or serious injury. The prefix *é-* intensifies the root *borgne* (one-eyed). Conjugate like regular -er verbs.