estovoir

estovoir

Old French

Alternative forms

• estover

Verb

estovoir

1. (impersonal) to be necessary

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem estuev distinct from the unstressed stem estov, 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 estovoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		estovoir			avoir esteü
gerund		en estovant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		estovant
past participle		esteü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	—	—	estuet	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	estovoit, estoveit	—	—	—
	preterite	—	—	estut	—	—	—
	future	—	—	estovra	—	—	—
	conditional	—	—	estovroit, estovreit	—	—	—
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	—	—	estuisse, estuist, estuece	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	esteüst	—	—	—
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	–
		—	—	—	—	—	—

Noun

estovoir m (oblique plural estovoirs, nominative singular estovoirs, nominative plural estovoir)

1. obligation