férir
See also: ferir
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French, Old French ferir, from Latin ferīre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editférir (defective)
Conjugation
editThis verb is defective and is virtually never conjugated in Modern French, except in a few set phrases or as a mark of extreme archaism. Most of its uses stem from variations on sans coup férir.
Conjugation of férir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | férir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | — | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | féru /fe.ʁy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
past historic2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
future | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
conditional | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
imperfect2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “férir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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