chever
Middle English
editAdjective
editchever
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *capāre, from Latin caput.
Verb
editchever
- (intransitive) to finish; to come to an end
Conjugation
editThis 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 a stressed present stem chiev distinct from the unstressed stem chev. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of chever (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | chever | avoir chevé | |||||
gerund | en chevant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | chevant | ||||||
past participle | chevé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | chief | chieves | chieve | chevons | chevez | chievent |
imperfect | chevoie, cheveie, chevoe, cheveve | chevoies, cheveies, chevoes, cheveves | chevoit, cheveit, chevot, cheveve | cheviiens, cheviens | cheviiez, cheviez | chevoient, cheveient, chevoent, chevevent | |
preterite | chevai | chevas | cheva | chevames | chevastes | cheverent | |
future | cheverai | cheveras | chevera | cheverons | cheveroiz, chevereiz, cheverez | cheveront | |
conditional | cheveroie, chevereie | cheveroies, chevereies | cheveroit, chevereit | cheveriiens, cheveriens | cheveriiez, cheveriez | cheveroient, chevereient | |
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 | chief | chies | chiet | chevons | chevez | chievent |
imperfect | chevasse | chevasses | chevast | chevissons, chevissiens | chevissoiz, chevissez, chevissiez | chevassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | chieve | — | chevons | chevez | — |
Descendants
edit- French: chever
References
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (chever)
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- Middle English non-lemma forms
- Middle English comparative adjectives
- Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French intransitive verbs
- Old French verbs with stem alternations
- Old French verbs with weak-a preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -er
- Old French irregular verbs