i avoir

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Old French[edit]

Excerpt from the Oxford manuscript of The Song of Roland. The final five words are i ad plus de mil (“there are more than a thousand”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin hīc (“here”) and habēre (“to have”).

Verb[edit]

i avoir

  1. (impersonal) there be
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      Laissiés les mors, n'i a nul recouvrier.
      Leave the dead, there are none to be recovered.

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • French: y avoir
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