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férir
férir
See also: ferir
French
Verb
férir (defective)
Conjugation
This 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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | férir | avoir féru | |||||
| gerund | — | en ayant féru | |||||
| present participle | — | ||||||
| past participle | féru /fe.ʁy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| past historic1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| imperfect1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- féru
- sans coup férir