gaber

See also: Gaber

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French gaber (“to tell jokes”), from Old Norse gabba (“to mock”), from Proto-Germanic *gabbōną (“to mock, jest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to be split, be forked, gape”).

Cognate with Old English gabban (“to scoff, mock, delude, jest”), Old Frisian gabbia (“to accuse”), Middle Dutch gabben (“to mock”), Middle Low German gabben (“to have fun, jest”). More at gab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.be/

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Verb

gaber

1. (transitive, obsolete) to ridicule; mock
2. (transitive) to speak clumsily; to blunder; to laugh

Conjugation

Conjugation of gaber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gaber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gabant /ɡa.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gabé /ɡa.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gabe /ɡab/	gabes /ɡab/	gabe /ɡab/	gabons /ɡa.bɔ̃/	gabez /ɡa.be/	gabent /ɡab/
	imperfect	gabais /ɡa.bɛ/	gabais /ɡa.bɛ/	gabait /ɡa.bɛ/	gabions /ɡa.bjɔ̃/	gabiez /ɡa.bje/	gabaient /ɡa.bɛ/
	past historic2	gabai /ɡa.be/	gabas /ɡa.ba/	gaba /ɡa.ba/	gabâmes /ɡa.bam/	gabâtes /ɡa.bat/	gabèrent /ɡa.bɛʁ/
	future	gaberai /ɡa.bʁe/	gaberas /ɡa.bʁa/	gabera /ɡa.bʁa/	gaberons /ɡa.bʁɔ̃/	gaberez /ɡa.bʁe/	gaberont /ɡa.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gaberais /ɡa.bʁɛ/	gaberais /ɡa.bʁɛ/	gaberait /ɡa.bʁɛ/	gaberions /ɡa.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	gaberiez /ɡa.bə.ʁje/	gaberaient /ɡa.bʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	gabe /ɡab/	gabes /ɡab/	gabe /ɡab/	gabions /ɡa.bjɔ̃/	gabiez /ɡa.bje/	gabent /ɡab/
	imperfect2	gabasse /ɡa.bas/	gabasses /ɡa.bas/	gabât /ɡa.ba/	gabassions /ɡa.ba.sjɔ̃/	gabassiez /ɡa.ba.sje/	gabassent /ɡa.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gabe /ɡab/	—	gabons /ɡa.bɔ̃/	gabez /ɡa.be/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• gabeur
• gabet

Further reading

• “gaber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French gaber

Verb

gaber

1. to joke

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of gaber

infinitive	simple	gaber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	gabant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		gabé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gabe	gabes	gabe	gabons	gabez	gabent
	imperfect	gabois, gaboys	gabois, gaboys	gaboit, gaboyt	gabions, gabyons	gabiez, gabyez	gaboient, gaboyent
	past historic	gaba	gabas	gaba	gabasmes	gabastes	gaberent
	future	gaberai, gaberay	gaberas	gabera	gaberons	gaberez	gaberont
	conditional	gaberois, gaberoys	gaberois, gaberoys	gaberoit, gaberoyt	gaberions, gaberyons	gaberiez, gaberyez	gaberoient, gaberoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	gabe	gabes	gabe	gabons	gabez	gabent
	imperfect	gabasse	gabasses	gabast	gabassions	gabassiez	gabassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gabe	—	gabons	gabez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gabba (“to mock”), from Proto-Germanic *gabbaną (“to mock, jest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to be split, be forked, gape”).

Cognate with Old English gabban (“to scoff, mock, delude, jest”), Old Frisian gabbia (“to accuse”), Middle Dutch gabben (“to mock”), Middle Low German gabben (“to have fun, jest”). More at gab.

Verb

gaber

1. to joke; to jest
2. to dupe, to fool

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		gaber			avoir gabé
gerund		en gabant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		gabant
past participle		gabé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	gap	gabes	gabe	gabons	gabez	gabent
	imperfect	gaboie, gabeie, gaboe, gabeve	gaboies, gabeies, gaboes, gabeves	gaboit, gabeit, gabot, gabeve	gabiiens, gabiens	gabiiez, gabiez	gaboient, gabeient, gaboent, gabevent
	preterite	gabai	gabas	gaba	gabames	gabastes	gaberent
	future	gaberai	gaberas	gabera	gaberons	gaberoiz, gabereiz, gaberez	gaberont
	conditional	gaberoie, gabereie	gaberoies, gabereies	gaberoit, gabereit	gaberiiens, gaberiens	gaberiiez, gaberiez	gaberoient, gabereient
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	gap	gas	gat	gabons	gabez	gabent
	imperfect	gabasse	gabasses	gabast	gabissons, gabissiens	gabissoiz, gabissez, gabissiez	gabassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	gabe	—	gabons	gabez	—

Related terms

• gab
• gabeor
• gaberie
• gaberise
• gabesse
• gabet
• gabil
• gabois

 

Descendants

• French: gaber