chaver

English

Alternative forms

• haver

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew חָבֵר (chavér, “friend”). Doublet of gabber.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /xɑˈvɛɹ/, [hɑˈvɛɹ]

Noun

chaver (plural chaverim)

1. (Jewish) A friend or comrade; a member of a chavrusa.

Anagrams

• vacher, varech

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō.

Verb

chaver

1. alternative infinitive of chavoir
   • 1184-1197, Bernard le Trésorier, Continuation de Guillaume de Tyr:

     La cité estoit si pleine de gens, de femes et d'enfanz qui estoient foys là qu'il ne povoient chaver dedenz les mesons, ainz gisoient par les rues.

     There were so many people in the city, women and children, that they couldn't stay in the houses and hence had to sleep in the streets.

Etymology 2

From Latin cavāre.

Verb

chaver

1. to dig

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		chaver			avoir chavé
gerund		en chavant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		chavant
past participle		chavé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	chaf	chaves	chave	chavons	chavez	chavent
	imperfect	chavoie, chaveie, chavoe, chaveve	chavoies, chaveies, chavoes, chaveves	chavoit, chaveit, chavot, chaveve	chaviiens, chaviens	chaviiez, chaviez	chavoient, chaveient, chavoent, chavevent
	preterite	chavai	chavas	chava	chavames	chavastes	chaverent
	future	chaverai	chaveras	chavera	chaverons	chaveroiz, chavereiz, chaverez	chaveront
	conditional	chaveroie, chavereie	chaveroies, chavereies	chaveroit, chavereit	chaveriiens, chaveriens	chaveriiez, chaveriez	chaveroient, chavereient
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	chaf	chas	chat	chavons	chavez	chavent
	imperfect	chavasse	chavasses	chavast	chavissons, chavissiens	chavissoiz, chavissez, chavissiez	chavassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	chave	—	chavons	chavez	—

Romansch

Alternative forms

• stgavar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• cavar (Sursilvan)
• tgavar (Surmiran)
• chavar (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin cavō, cavāre.

Verb

chaver

1. (Puter) to dig