saveir
Old French
Verb
saveir
- Alternative form of savoir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem sev distinct from the unstressed stem sav, 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 saveir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | saveir | aveir seü | |||||
gerund | en savant, sachant | gerund of aveir + past participle | |||||
present participle | savant, sachant | ||||||
past participle | seü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | sai | ses | set | savons | savez | sevent |
imperfect | saveie | saveies | saveit | saviiens, saviens | saviiez, saviez | saveient | |
preterite | soi | seüs | sot | seümes | seüstes | sorent | |
future | savrai, sarai | savras, saras | savra, sara | savrons, sarons | savreiz, savrez, sareiz, sarez | savront, saront | |
conditional | savreie, sareie | savreies, sareies | savreit, sareit | savriiens, savriens, sariiens, sariens | savriiez, savriez, sariiez, sariez | savreient, sareient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of aveir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | sache | saches | sache | sachiens, sachons | sachiez | sachent |
imperfect | seüsse | seüsses | seüst | seüssons, seüssiens | seüsseiz, seüssez, seüssiez | seüssent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of aveir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | sache | — | sachiens, sachons | sachiez | — |
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Classial Latin sapiō, sapere (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).
Verb
saveir
Categories:
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French terms with quotations
- Old French verbs with stem alternations
- Old French verbs with strong-o preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -eir
- Old French irregular verbs
- Romansch terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Romansch terms inherited from Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch verbs
- Surmiran Romansch