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feire
feire
German
Verb
feire
- First-person singular present of feiern.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of feiern.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of feiern.
- Imperative singular of feiern.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin feriari, via German feiern
Verb
feire (imperative feir, present tense feirer, passive feires, simple past and past participle feira or feiret, present participle feirende)
- to celebrate
Derived terms
References
- “feire” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
feire (present tense feirar, past tense feira, past participle feira, passive infinitive feirast, present participle feirande, imperative feire/feir)
- Alternative form of feira
Old French
Etymology 1
Verb
feire
- Alternative form of faire
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Por feire son comandemant
- To do his bidding
- Por feire son comandemant
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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 feire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | feire | avoir feit | |||||
| gerund | en feisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | feisant | ||||||
| past participle | feit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | faz, fei | feis | feit | feimes, feisons | feites | font |
| imperfect | feisoie, feiseie | feisoies, feiseies | feisoit, feiseit | feisiiens, feisiens | feisiiez, feisiez | feisoient, feiseient | |
| preterite | fis | feṣis | fist | feṣimes | feṣistes | firent | |
| future | ferai | feras | fera | ferons | feroiz, fereiz, ferez | feront | |
| conditional | feroie, fereie | feroies, fereies | feroit, fereit | feriiens, feriens | feriiez, feriez | feroient, fereient | |
| 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 | face | faces | face | faciens, façons | faciez | facent |
| imperfect | feṣisse | feṣisses | feṣist | feṣissons, feṣissiens | feṣissoiz, feṣissez, feṣissiez | feṣissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | fa | — | feimes, feisons | feites | — | ||
Noun
feire f (oblique plural feires, nominative singular feire, nominative plural feires)
- Alternative form of foire
Descendants
- English: fair (borrowed)