chever

Middle English

Adjective

chever

1. comparative degree of chef

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capāre, from Latin caput.

Verb

chever

1. (intransitive) to finish; to come to an end

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem chiev distinct from the unstressed stem chev. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of chever (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		chever			avoir chevé
gerund		en chevant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		chevant
past participle		chevé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	chief	chieves	chieve	chevons	chevez	chievent
	imperfect	chevoie, cheveie, chevoe, cheveve	chevoies, cheveies, chevoes, cheveves	chevoit, cheveit, chevot, cheveve	cheviiens, cheviens	cheviiez, cheviez	chevoient, cheveient, chevoent, chevevent
	preterite	chevai	chevas	cheva	chevames	chevastes	cheverent
	future	cheverai	cheveras	chevera	cheverons	cheveroiz, chevereiz, cheverez	cheveront
	conditional	cheveroie, chevereie	cheveroies, chevereies	cheveroit, chevereit	cheveriiens, cheveriens	cheveriiez, cheveriez	cheveroient, chevereient
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	chief	chies	chiet	chevons	chevez	chievent
	imperfect	chevasse	chevasses	chevast	chevissons, chevissiens	chevissoiz, chevissez, chevissiez	chevassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	chieve	—	chevons	chevez	—

Descendants

• French: chever

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (chever)