posseoir

Old French

Etymology

From Latin possidere, present active infinitive of possideo.

Verb

posseoir

1. (transitive) to possess

Conjugation

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		posseoir			avoir possis
gerund		en posseant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		posseant
past participle		possis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	possié	possiez	possiet	posseons	posseez	possieent
	imperfect	posseoie, posseeie	posseoies, posseeies	posseoit, posseeit	posseïiens, posseïens	posseïiez, posseïez	posseoient, posseeient
	preterite	possis	posseṣis	possist	posseṣimes	posseṣistes	possisdrent
	future	posserrai	posserras	posserra	posserrons	posserroiz, posserreiz, posserrez	posserront
	conditional	posserroie, posserreie	posserroies, posserreies	posserroit, posserreit	posserriiens, posserriens	posserriiez, posserriez	posserroient, posserreient
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	possiee, possië	possiees, possiës	possiee, possië	posseons, posseiiens, posseions	posseez, posseiiez	possieent, possiënt
	imperfect	posseṣisse	posseṣisses	posseṣist	posseṣissons, posseṣissiens	posseṣissoiz, posseṣissez, posseṣissiez	posseṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	possie	—	posseons	posseez	—

Derived terms

• posseor
• possis

Descendants

• Middle French: posseoir
  • French: posseoir (dialectal or archaic), posséir (Burgundy)