covrir

Old French

Alternative forms

• cuvrir

Etymology

From Latin cooperīre, present active infinitive of cooperiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈvɾiɾ/

Verb

covrir

1. to cover
   • Si vos pri jo molt del covrir, que nuls nel sace avant de nos. (Tristan, Thomas of Britain, probably 13^th century)

     May I ask that you cover it, for that no man know it but us.

Conjugation

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		covrir			avoir covert, covri
gerund		en covrant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		covrant
past participle		covert, covri
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cuevre	cuevres	cuevre	covrons	covrez	cuevrent
	imperfect	covroie, covreie	covroies, covreies	covroit, covreit	covriiens, covriens	covriiez, covriez	covroient, covreient
	preterite	covri	covris	covri	covrimes	covristes	covrirent
	future	covrerai	covreras	covrera	covrerons	covreroiz, covrereiz, covrerez	covreront
	conditional	covreroie, covrereie	covreroies, covrereies	covreroit, covrereit	covreriiens, covreriens	covreriiez, covreriez	covreroient, covrereient
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	cuevre	cuevres	cuevre	covrons	covrez	cuevrent
	imperfect	covrisse	covrisses	covrist	covrissons, covrissiens	covrissoiz, covrissez, covrissiez	covrissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cuevre	—	covrons	covrez	—

Related terms

• covert
• coverture
• descovrir
• ovrir

Descendants

• French: couvrir
• → Middle English: coveren, covren, curen, keveren
  • English: cover, kiver
  • Yola: kiver

References

• “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152