chever

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Middle English

Adjective

chever

  1. comparative degree of chef

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capāre, from Latin caput.

Verb

chever

  1. (intransitive) to finish; to come to an end

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem chiev distinct from the unstressed stem chev. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of chever (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive chever avoir chevé
gerund en chevant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle chevant
past participle chevé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present chief chieves chieve chevons chevez chievent
imperfect chevoie, cheveie, chevoe, cheveve chevoies, cheveies, chevoes, cheveves chevoit, cheveit, chevot, cheveve cheviiens, cheviens cheviiez, cheviez chevoient, cheveient, chevoent, chevevent
preterite chevai chevas cheva chevames chevastes cheverent
future cheverai cheveras chevera cheverons cheveroiz, chevereiz, cheverez cheveront
conditional cheveroie, chevereie cheveroies, chevereies cheveroit, chevereit cheveriiens, cheveriens cheveriiez, cheveriez cheveroient, chevereient
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 chief chies chiet chevons chevez chievent
imperfect chevasse chevasses chevast chevissons, chevissiens chevissoiz, chevissez, chevissiez chevassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— chieve — chevons chevez —

Descendants

  • French: chever

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (chever)
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