sçavoir

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

sçavoir

  1. Obsolete spelling of savoir

Noun

sçavoir m (plural sçavoirs)

  1. Obsolete spelling of savoir

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French savoir, with the inserted ⟨ç⟩ based on an incorrect assumption that the word derives from Latin scīre.

Verb

sçavoir

  1. to know

Conjugation

  • C becomes ç before a. Highly irregular.
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of sçavoir
infinitive simple sçavoir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple sçavant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle sceu
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sçay sçay, sçais sçay, sçais sçavons sçavez sçavent
imperfect sçavoys, sçavois sçavoys, sçavois sçavoyt, sçavoyt sçavions sçaviez sçavoyent, sçavoient
past historic sceus sceus sceut sceumes sceustes sceurent
future sçauray, sçaurai sçauras sçaura sçaurons sçaurez sçauront
conditional sçaurays, sçaurais sçaurays, sçaurais sçaurayt, sçaurait sçaurions sçauriez sçaurayent, sçauraient
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present saiche saiches saiche saichions saichiez saichent
imperfect sceusse sceusses sceust sceussions sceussiez sceussent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — saiche — saichez saichions —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

Noun

sçavoir f (plural sçavoirs)

  1. knowledge
    • 1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua:
      car leur sçavoir n'estoit que besterie et leur sapience n'estoit que moufles
      for their knowledge was just nonsense and their wisdom was just waffle.

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia