cheoir

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cheoir, from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre.

Verb

cheoir

1. to fall

Synonyms

• tomber

Noun

cheoir m (plural cheoirs)

1. fall (instance of falling)

Descendants

• French: choir

Old French

Alternative forms

• chedeir, chadeir, chadir, chedir, cadeir (archaic)
• cheeir, chaeir, chair, cheir, caeir
• chaoir, chaer, chaier, cheer, cheher, cheier, cheiir, cheire, cheioir, cher, chere, cheur, chier, choire
• cair, kair

Etymology

From Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈðei̯ɾ/, (western) /t͡ʃaˈðei̯ɾ/, (northern) /kaˈðei̯ɾ/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈoi̯ɾ/, (western) /t͡ʃaˈei̯ɾ/, (northern) /kaˈei̯ɾ/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ʃ(ə)ˈo̯ɛɾ/, (western) /ʃaˈeɾ/, (northern) /kaˈeɾ/

Verb

cheoir

1. to fall
2. to fall out (become detached)
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

     Donc il semble par cest exemple que aulcuns soient mezeaux confermés puisque les ongles cheent

     So it seems by this example that some are confirmed lepers because their nails fall out

3. (impersonal) to happen

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem chié distinct from the unstressed stem che, 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 cheoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cheoir			avoir cheï, chaï, cheü, chaü, cheoit, chaoit
gerund		en cheant, chaant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cheant, chaant
past participle		cheï, chaï, cheü, chaü, cheoit, chaoit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	chié	chiez	chiet	cheons, chaons	cheez, chaez	chiéent
	imperfect	cheoie, cheeie, chaoie, chaeie	cheoies, cheeies, chaoies, chaeies	cheoit, cheeit, chaoit, chaeit	cheïiens, cheïens, chaïiens, chaïens	cheïiez, cheïez, chaïiez, chaïez	cheoient, cheeient, chaoient, chaeient
	preterite	cheï, chaï, chui	cheïs, chaïs, cheüs	cheï, chaï, chut	cheïmes, chaïmes, cheümes	cheïstes, chaïstes, cheüstes	cheïrent, chaïrent, churent
	future	cherrai, charrai	cherras, charras	cherra, charra	cherrons, charrons	cherroiz, cherreiz, cherrez, charroiz, charreiz, charrez	cherront, charront
	conditional	cherroie, cherreie, charroie, charreie	cherroies, cherreies, charroies, charreies	cherroit, cherreit, charroit, charreit	cherriiens, cherriens, charriiens, charriens	cherriiez, cherriez, charriiez, charriez	cherroient, cherreient, charroient, charreient
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	chiée	chiées	chiée	cheons, chaons	cheez, chaez	chiéent
	imperfect	cheïsse, chaïsse, cheüsse	cheïsses, chaïsses, cheüsses	cheïst, chaïst, cheüst	cheïssons, cheïssiens, chaïssons, chaïssiens, cheüssons, cheüssiens	cheïssoiz, cheïssez, cheïssiez, chaïssoiz, chaïssez, chaïssiez, cheüssoiz, cheüssez, cheüssiez	cheïssent, chaïssent, cheüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	chié	—	cheons, chaons	cheez, chaez	—

Related terms

• cheance

Descendants

• Angevin: chair
• French: choir
• Gallo: chaeir, chair
• Norman: caeir, tcheir (Guernsey), tchaie (Jersey)
• Picard: quère
• Walloon: tchair

References

• “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 151
• chair on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub