boivre

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bibere.

Pronunciation

  • (early) IPA(key): /ˈbei̯vɾə/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈboi̯vɾə/
  • (late) IPA(key): /ˈbo̯ɛ(v)ɾə/

Verb

boivre

  1. to drink

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem boiv distinct from the unstressed stem bev, 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 boivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive boivre avoir beü
gerund en bevant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle bevant
past participle beü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present boif bois boit bevons bevez boivent
imperfect bevoie, beveie bevoies, beveies bevoit, beveit beviiens, beviens beviiez, beviez bevoient, beveient
preterite bui beüs but beümes beüstes burent
future bevrai bevras bevra bevrons bevroiz, bevreiz, bevrez bevront
conditional bevroie, bevreie bevroies, bevreies bevroit, bevreit bevriiens, bevriens bevriiez, bevriez bevroient, bevreient
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 boive boives boive bevons bevez boivent
imperfect beüsse beüsses beüst beüssons, beüssiens beüssoiz, beüssez, beüssiez beüssent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— boif — bevons bevez —

Descendants

Noun

boivre oblique singular, m (oblique plural boivres, nominative singular boivres, nominative plural boivre)

  1. a drink
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 204, line 2645:
      El beivre fud la nostre mort
      In the drink was our death
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