pooir
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Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (archaic) IPA(key): /puˈðei̯ɾ/
- (classical) IPA(key): /puˈoi̯ɾ/, (northern) /puˈei̯ɾ/
- (late) IPA(key): /puˈ(v)o̯ɛɾ/, (northern) /puˈ(v)ei̯ɾ/
Verb[edit]
pooir
- can; to be able to
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Desfendés vous, si vous poés.
- Defend yourselves, if you can.
Conjugation[edit]
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem pue distinct from the unstressed stem po, 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 pooir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | pooir | avoir peü | |||||
gerund | en poänt, puissant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | poänt, puissant | ||||||
past participle | peü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | puis | puez | puet | poons | poez | pueent |
imperfect | pooie, poeie | pooies, poeies | pooit, poeit | poïiens, poïens | poïiez, poïez | pooient, poeient | |
preterite | poi | peüs | pot | peümes | peüstes | porent | |
future | porrai | porras | porra | porrons | porroiz, porreiz, porrez | porront | |
conditional | porroie, porreie | porroies, porreies | porroit, porreit | porriiens, porriens | porriiez, porriez | porroient, porreient | |
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 | puisse | puisses | puisse, puist | puissons | puissez | puissent |
imperfect | peüsse | peüsses | peüst | peüssons, peüssiens | peüssoiz, peüssez, peüssiez | peüssent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
Noun[edit]
pooir oblique singular, m (oblique plural pooirs, nominative singular pooirs, nominative plural pooir)
Descendants[edit]
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- Old French terms with IPA pronunciation
- 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 -oir
- Old French irregular verbs
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns