chadeir
Old French
Later forms
- chedeir
- chadir
- chaeir
- chaier
- chair
- chaïr
- chaoir
- cheoir
- chedir
- cheir
- cheïr
- choir
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cadēre, from Latin cadere. Cf. the form cadeir, found in northern Old French dialects.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃaˈðei̯r/
Verb
chadeir
- (Central Old French) to fall
Descendants
- Gallo: chaeir
- French: choir
References
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 151