puir

See also: puír

Middle French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *putio.

Verb

puir

1. to smell (bad); to stink

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Old French

Alternative forms

• puïr (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *putīre, from Classical Latin putēre, present active infinitive of puteō.

Verb

puir

1. to smell (bad); to stink

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		puir			avoir puï
gerund		en puant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		puant
past participle		puï
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pu	pus	put	puons	püez	püent
	imperfect	puoie, püeie	puoies, püeies	puoit, püeit	puïiens, puïens	puïiez, puïez	puoient, püeient
	preterite	puï	puïs	puï	puïmes	puïstes	puïrent
	future	puïrai	puïras	puïra	puïrons	puïroiz, puïreiz, puïrez	puïront
	conditional	puïroie, puïreie	puïroies, puïreies	puïroit, puïreit	puïriiens, puïriens	puïriiez, puïriez	puïroient, puïreient
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	püe	pües	püe	puons	püez	püent
	imperfect	puïsse	puïsses	puïst	puïssons, puïssiens	puïssoiz, puïssez, puïssiez	puïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pu	—	puons	püez	—

Descendants

• French: puer

References

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

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Portuguese

Verb

1. (of an object) to wear, to wear out, to deteriorate

   Synonym: desgastar

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English povre, from Old French povre, from Latin pauper.

Adjective

puir (comparative mair puir, superlative maist puir)

1. poor
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

     And then she changed her voice and would be as saft as honey: 'My puir wee Ailie, was I thrawn till ye? Never mind, my bonnie. You and me are a' that's left, and we maunna be ill to ither.'

Derived terms

• puir-man
• puirshoose
• puirtith

 

References

• Scots-English Dictionary on Scots Wikipedia