forbir
Old French
Alternative forms
- fourbir, furbir
Etymology
Frankish *furbēn.
Verb
forbir
- to clean
- to polish (of metal, to clean and make shiny)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of forbir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | forbir | avoir forbi | |||||
| gerund | en forbissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | forbissant | ||||||
| past participle | forbi | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | forbis | forbis | forbist | forbissons | forbissez | forbissent |
| imperfect | forbissoie, forbisseie | forbissoies, forbisseies | forbissoit, forbisseit | forbissiiens, forbissiens | forbissiiez, forbissiez | forbissoient, forbisseient | |
| preterite | forbi | forbis | forbi | forbimes | forbistes | forbirent | |
| future | forbirai | forbiras | forbira | forbirons | forbiroiz, forbireiz, forbirez | forbiront | |
| conditional | forbiroie, forbireie | forbiroies, forbireies | forbiroit, forbireit | forbiriiens, forbiriens | forbiriiez, forbiriez | forbiroient, forbireient | |
| 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 | forbisse | forbisses | forbisse | forbissons | forbissez | forbissent |
| imperfect | forbisse | forbisses | forbist | forbissons, forbissiens | forbissoiz, forbissez, forbissiez | forbissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | forbis | — | forbissons | forbissez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: foubir
- French: fourbir
- → Middle English: furbisshen
- English: furbish
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (forbir)