abelir
Occitan
Alternative forms
- abelar
Etymology
a- + bel + -ir
Verb
abelir
- to embellish (make more attractive)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old French
Verb
abelir
- to please; to be pleasing (to)
- to embellish (make more attractive)
- (reflexive, s'abelir) to make oneself more attractive
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 abelir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | abelir | avoir abeli | |||||
| gerund | en abelissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | abelissant | ||||||
| past participle | abeli | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | abelis | abelis | abelist | abelissons | abelissez | abelissent |
| imperfect | abelissoie, abelisseie | abelissoies, abelisseies | abelissoit, abelisseit | abelissiiens, abelissiens | abelissiiez, abelissiez | abelissoient, abelisseient | |
| preterite | abeli | abelis | abeli | abelimes | abelistes | abelirent | |
| future | abelirai | abeliras | abelira | abelirons | abeliroiz, abelireiz, abelirez | abeliront | |
| conditional | abeliroie, abelireie | abeliroies, abelireies | abeliroit, abelireit | abeliriiens, abeliriens | abeliriiez, abeliriez | abeliroient, abelireient | |
| 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 | abelisse | abelisses | abelisse | abelissons | abelissez | abelissent |
| imperfect | abelisse | abelisses | abelist | abelissons, abelissiens | abelissoiz, abelissez, abelissiez | abelissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | abelis | — | abelissons | abelissez | — | ||
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (abelir)