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covrir
covrir
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
covrir
- to cover
- Si vos pri jo molt del covrir, que nuls nel sace avant de nos. (Tristan, Thomas of Britain, probably 13th century)
- May I ask that you cover it, for that no man know it but us.
- Si vos pri jo molt del covrir, que nuls nel sace avant de nos. (Tristan, Thomas of Britain, probably 13th century)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem cuevr distinct from the unstressed stem covr, 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 covrir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | covrir | avoir covert, covri | |||||
| gerund | en covrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | covrant | ||||||
| past participle | covert, covri | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cuevre | cuevres | cuevre | covrons | covrez | cuevrent |
| imperfect | covroie, covreie | covroies, covreies | covroit, covreit | covriiens, covriens | covriiez, covriez | covroient, covreient | |
| preterite | covri | covris | covri | covrimes | covristes | covrirent | |
| future | covrerai | covreras | covrera | covrerons | covreroiz, covrereiz, covrerez | covreront | |
| conditional | covreroie, covrereie | covreroies, covrereies | covreroit, covrereit | covreriiens, covreriens | covreriiez, covreriez | covreroient, covrereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cuevre | cuevres | cuevre | covrons | covrez | cuevrent |
| imperfect | covrisse | covrisses | covrist | covrissons, covrissiens | covrissoiz, covrissez, covrissiez | covrissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | cuevre | — | covrons | covrez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-09838-6, page 152