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desver
desver
Middle French
Verb
desver
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of desver
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | desver | avoir desvé | |||||
| gerund | en desvant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | desvant | ||||||
| past participle | desvé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | desve | desves | desve | desvons | desvez | desvent |
| imperfect | desvois, desvoys | desvois, desvoys | desvoit, desvoyt | desvions, desvyons | desviez, desvyez | desvoient, desvoyent | |
| past historic | desva | desvas | desva | desvasmes | desvastes | desverent | |
| future | desverai, desveray | desveras | desvera | desverons | desverez | desveront | |
| conditional | desverois, desveroys | desverois, desveroys | desveroit, desveroyt | desverions, desveryons | desveriez, desveryez | desveroient, desveroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | desve | desves | desve | desvons | desvez | desvent |
| imperfect | desvasse | desvasses | desvast | desvassions | desvassiez | desvassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | desve | — | desvons | desvez | — | ||
Old French
Etymology
The Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch links desver to Vulgar Latin *reexvagus[1]. Hence, cognate with resver.
Verb
desver
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of desver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | desver | avoir desvé | |||||
| gerund | en desvant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | desvant | ||||||
| past participle | desvé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | desve | desves | desve | desvons | desvez | desvent |
| imperfect | desvoie, desveie, desvoe, desveve | desvoies, desveies, desvoes, desveves | desvoit, desveit, desvot, desveve | desviiens, desviens | desviiez, desviez | desvoient, desveient, desvoent, desvevent | |
| preterite | desvai | desvas | desva | desvames | desvastes | desverent | |
| future | desverai | desveras | desvera | desverons | desveroiz, desvereiz, desverez | desveront | |
| conditional | desveroie, desvereie | desveroies, desvereies | desveroit, desvereit | desveriiens, desveriens | desveriiez, desveriez | desveroient, desvereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | desve | desves | desve | desvons | desvez | desvent |
| imperfect | desvasse | desvasses | desvast | desvissons, desvissiens | desvissoiz, desvissez, desvissiez | desvassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | desve | — | desvons | desvez | — | ||
References
- ↑ (fr)(de) *reexvagus in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (desver)
- desver on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub