adober
Catalan
Etymology
adobar + -er
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.doˈbe/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.duˈbe/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.doˈbeɾ/
Noun
adober m (plural adobers, feminine adobera)
- tanner
Derived terms
- adoberia
Related terms
- adobador
Further reading
- “adober”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Old French
Alternative forms
- adobier, adouber, adoubier, aduber, adubier
Etymology
From Frankish *dubbjan.
Verb
adober
- to dub (to bestow the title of knight upon)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Ot adobé li rois Artus
Quatre çanz chevaliers et plus- King Arthur knighted
More than 400 knights
- King Arthur knighted
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- to equip
- (reflexive, s'adober) to equip oneself
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of adober (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | adober | avoir adobé | |||||
gerund | en adobant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | adobant | ||||||
past participle | adobé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | adop | adobes | adobe | adobons | adobez | adobent |
imperfect | adoboie, adobeie, adoboe, adobeve | adoboies, adobeies, adoboes, adobeves | adoboit, adobeit, adobot, adobeve | adobiiens, adobiens | adobiiez, adobiez | adoboient, adobeient, adoboent, adobevent | |
preterite | adobai | adobas | adoba | adobames | adobastes | adoberent | |
future | adoberai | adoberas | adobera | adoberons | adoberoiz, adobereiz, adoberez | adoberont | |
conditional | adoberoie, adobereie | adoberoies, adobereies | adoberoit, adobereit | adoberiiens, adoberiens | adoberiiez, adoberiez | adoberoient, adobereient | |
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 | adop | ados | adot | adobons | adobez | adobent |
imperfect | adobasse | adobasses | adobast | adobissons, adobissiens | adobissoiz, adobissez, adobissiez | adobassent | |
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 | – | |
— | adobe | — | adobons | adobez | — |
Derived terms
- adoub ⇒? adoux, adoz ⇒ hadoux, hadoz ⇒? hadot
- ⇒ Anglo-Norman: hadoc
- → Middle English: haddok
- English: haddock (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: haddock
- → Middle English: haddok
- → Catalan: dot
- ⇒ Anglo-Norman: hadoc
Related terms
- dauber
Descendants
- Middle French: adouber, adober
- French: adouber
- → Galician: adobar
- → Italian: addobbare
- → Romagnol: adubêr
- → Sicilian: addubbari
- → Spanish: adobar
- ⇒ Spanish: adobo (see there for further descendants)