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dobler
dobler
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin dūplāre, present active infinitive of dūplō, from Latin dūplus. Equivalent to doble + -er.
Verb
dobler
- (transitive, intransitive) to double
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
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Or a cil sa honte doblee
- Upon this, his shame doubled
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Or a cil sa honte doblee
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- (by extension) to increase dramatically
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of dobler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dobler | avoir doblé | |||||
| gerund | en doblant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | doblant | ||||||
| past participle | doblé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | doble | dobles | doble | doblons | doblez | doblent |
| imperfect | dobloie, dobleie, dobloe, dobleve | dobloies, dobleies, dobloes, dobleves | dobloit, dobleit, doblot, dobleve | dobliiens, dobliens | dobliiez, dobliez | dobloient, dobleient, dobloent, doblevent | |
| preterite | doblai | doblas | dobla | doblames | doblastes | doblerent | |
| future | doblerai | dobleras | doblera | doblerons | dobleroiz, doblereiz, doblerez | dobleront | |
| conditional | dobleroie, doblereie | dobleroies, doblereies | dobleroit, doblereit | dobleriiens, dobleriens | dobleriiez, dobleriez | dobleroient, doblereient | |
| 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 | doble | dobles | doble | doblons | doblez | doblent |
| imperfect | doblasse | doblasses | doblast | doblissons, doblissiens | doblissoiz, doblissez, doblissiez | doblassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | doble | — | doblons | doblez | — | ||