abelir
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Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
abelir
- to embellish (make more attractive)
Conjugation
Conjugation of abelir in 
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | abelir | ?er abelit | |||||
| past participle | abelit | — | |||||
| gerund | abelissent | ?ent abelit | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | abelissi | abelisses | abelís | abelissèm | abelissètz | abelisson | |
| imperfect | abelissiái | abelissiás | abelissiá | abelissiam | abelissiatz | abelissián | |
| preterite | abeliguèri | abeliguères | abeliguèt | abeliguèrem | abeliguèretz | abeliguèron | |
| future | abelirai | abeliràs | abelirà | abelirem | abeliretz | abeliràn | |
| conditional | abeliriái | abeliriás | abeliriá | abeliriam | abeliriatz | abelirián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | abeliguèra | abeliguèras | abeliguèra | abeligueram | abeligueratz | abeliguèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | abelisca | abeliscas | abelisca | abeliscam | abeliscatz | abeliscan | |
| imperfect | abeliguèsse | abeliguèsses | abeliguèsse | abeliguèssem | abeliguèssetz | abeliguèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| abelís | abeliscam | abelissetz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Old French
Etymology
From bel.
Verb
abelir
- to please; to be pleasing (to)
- to embellish (make more attractive)
- (reflexive, s'abelir) to make oneself more attractive
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of abelir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | abelir | avoir abeli | |||||
| gerund | en abelissant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | abelissant | ||||||
| past participle | abeli | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | abelis | abelis | abelist | abelissons | abelissez | abelissent |
| imperfect | abelissoie, abelisseie | abelissoies, abelisseies | abelissoit, abelisseit | abelissiiens, abelissiens | abelissiiez, abelissiez | abelissoient, abelisseient | |
| preterite | abeli | abelis | abeli | abelimes | abelistes | abelirent | |
| future | abelirai | abeliras | abelira | abelirons | abeliroiz, abelireiz, abelirez | abeliront | |
| conditional | abeliroie, abelireie | abeliroies, abelireies | abeliroit, abelireit | abeliriiens, abeliriens | abeliriiez, abeliriez | abeliroient, abelireient | |
| 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 | abelisse | abelisses | abelisse | abelissons | abelissez | abelissent |
| imperfect | abelisse | abelisses | abelist | abelissons, abelissiens | abelissoiz, abelissez, abelissiez | abelissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | abelis | — | abelissons | abelissez | — | ||
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (abelir)