covenir

Old French

Etymology

From Latin conveniō, convenīre.

Verb

covenir

1. to suit; to be appropriate
   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:

     Sovent baisent et acolent
     Bien lur covienge!

     The often kissed and held each other
     How well it suited them!

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem covien distinct from the unstressed stem coven, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of covenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		covenir			avoir covenu
gerund		en covenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		covenant
past participle		covenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	covieng, covien	coviens	covient	covenons	covenez	covienent
	imperfect	covenoie, coveneie	covenoies, coveneies	covenoit, coveneit	coveniiens, coveniens	coveniiez, coveniez	covenoient, coveneient
	preterite	covin	covenis	covint	covenimes	covenistes	covindrent, covinrent
	future	covendrai	covendras	covendra	covendrons	covendroiz, covendreiz, covendrez	covendront
	conditional	covendroie, covendreie	covendroies, covendreies	covendroit, covendreit	covendriiens, covendriens	covendriiez, covendriez	covendroient, covendreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	coviegne	coviegnes	coviegne	coviegniens, coviegnons	coviegniez	coviegnent
	imperfect	covenisse	covenisses	covenist	covenissons, covenissiens	covenissoiz, covenissez, covenissiez	covenissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	covien	—	covenons	covenez	—

Related terms

• covenant
• covenable

Descendants

• French: convenir