forfaire

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Old French

Etymology

fors (“outside”) + faire (“to do”) – "to act outside (the law, what is right)".

Verb

forfaire

  1. to forfeit (to lose the right to possess)
  2. to commit a crime
  3. to cause to forfeit

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of forfaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive forfaire avoir forfait
gerund en forfaisant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle forfaisant
past participle forfait
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present forfaz, forfai forfais forfait forfaimes, forfaisons forfaites forfont
imperfect forfaisoie, forfaiseie forfaisoies, forfaiseies forfaisoit, forfaiseit forfaisiiens, forfaisiens forfaisiiez, forfaisiez forfaisoient, forfaiseient
preterite forfis forfeṣis forfist forfeṣimes forfeṣistes forfirent
future forferai forferas forfera forferons forferoiz, forfereiz, forferez forferont
conditional forferoie, forfereie forferoies, forfereies forferoit, forfereit forferiiens, forferiens forferiiez, forferiez forferoient, forfereient
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 forface forfaces forface forfaciens, forfaçons forfaciez forfacent
imperfect forfeṣisse forfeṣisses forfeṣist forfeṣissons, forfeṣissiens forfeṣissoiz, forfeṣissez, forfeṣissiez forfeṣissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— forfa — forfaimes, forfaisons forfaites —

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