caeir

Norman

Alternative forms

• tcheir (Guernsey)
• tchaie (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French caeir, from older cadeir, from Vulgar Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre.

Pronunciation

• (Pays de Caux) IPA^(key): /kɛj/, /ke/
• (Pays de Bray) IPA^(key): /kɛ(r)/
• (Coutance) IPA^(key): /ki/
• (La Hague) IPA^(key): /tʃi/

Noun

caeir

1. to fall

   Eune avioun est caite chût matin dauns le pré.

   A plane fell this morning in the field.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of the verb caeir in Norman

infinitive			caeir
gerund			cayaunt
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cait		caite
		plural		caits		caites
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jeo (j')	tu (t')	il, elle, on	nos	vos	il, elles
	present	cais	cais	cait	cayoms	cayez	caient
	imperfect	cayeis	cayeis	cayeit	cayioms	cayiez	cayeient
	preterite	cayis	cayis	cayit	cayîmes	cayîtes	cayîtrent
	future	cairai	cairas	caira	cairoms	cairez	cairont
	conditional	caireis	caireis	caireit	cairioms	cairiez	caireient
subjunctive		que jeo (j')	que tu (t')	qu'il, qu'elle, qu'on	que nos	que vos	qu'il, qu'elles
	present	caie	caies	caie	cayioms	cayiez	caient
	imperfect	cayisse	cayisses	cayît cayisse	cayissioms	cayissiez	cayissent
imperative		—	tu	—	nos	vos	—
			cais		cayoms	cayez
1Used with past participles. 2Archaic or literary forms.

Old French

Verb

caeir

1. alternative form of cheoir

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɨ̯ɪr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯ɪr/

Verb

caeir

1. present indicative/future impersonal of cau

Mutation

Mutated forms of caeir

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caeir	gaeir	nghaeir	chaeir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.