cheoir
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Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French cheoir, from Vulgar Latin *cadēre, from Latin cadere, present active infinitive of cadō.
Verb[edit]
cheoir
- to fall
Synonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
cheoir m (plural cheoirs)
- fall (instance of falling)
Descendants[edit]
- French: choir
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Later form of chedeir, from Latin cadere.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cheoir
- to fall
- to fall out (become detached)
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
- Donc il semble par cest exemple que aulcuns soient mezeaux confermés puisque les ongles cheent
- So it seems by this example that some are confirmed lepers because their nails fall out
- (impersonal) to happen
Conjugation[edit]
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem chié distinct from the unstressed stem che, 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 cheoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | cheoir | avoir cheï, chaï, cheü, chaü, cheoit, chaoit | |||||
gerund | en cheant, chaant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | cheant, chaant | ||||||
past participle | cheï, chaï, cheü, chaü, cheoit, chaoit | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | chié | chiez | chiet | cheons, chaons | cheez, chaez | chiéent |
imperfect | cheoie, cheeie, chaoie, chaeie | cheoies, cheeies, chaoies, chaeies | cheoit, cheeit, chaoit, chaeit | cheïiens, cheïens, chaïiens, chaïens | cheïiez, cheïez, chaïiez, chaïez | cheoient, cheeient, chaoient, chaeient | |
preterite | cheï, chaï, chui | cheïs, chaïs, cheüs | cheï, chaï, chut | cheïmes, chaïmes, cheümes | cheïstes, chaïstes, cheüstes | cheïrent, chaïrent, churent | |
future | cherrai, charrai | cherras, charras | cherra, charra | cherrons, charrons | cherroiz, cherreiz, cherrez, charroiz, charreiz, charrez | cherront, charront | |
conditional | cherroie, cherreie, charroie, charreie | cherroies, cherreies, charroies, charreies | cherroit, cherreit, charroit, charreit | cherriiens, cherriens, charriiens, charriens | cherriiez, cherriez, charriiez, charriez | cherroient, cherreient, charroient, charreient | |
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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | chiée | chiées | chiée | cheons, chaons | cheez, chaez | chiéent |
imperfect | cheïsse, chaïsse, cheüsse | cheïsses, chaïsses, cheüsses | cheïst, chaïst, cheüst | cheïssons, cheïssiens, chaïssons, chaïssiens, cheüssons, cheüssiens | cheïssoiz, cheïssez, cheïssiez, chaïssoiz, chaïssez, chaïssiez, cheüssoiz, cheüssez, cheüssiez | cheïssent, chaïssent, cheüssent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | chié | — | cheons, chaons | cheez, chaez | — |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- French: choir
References[edit]
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 151
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