chaver
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hebrew חָבֵר (chavér, “friend”). Doublet of gabber.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chaver (plural chaverim)
Anagrams
[edit]Old French
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō.
Verb
[edit]chaver
- alternative infinitive of chavoir
- 1184-1197, Bernard le Trésorier, Continuation de Guillaume de Tyr:
- La cité estoit si pleine de gens, de femes et d'enfanz qui estoient foys là qu'il ne povoient chaver dedenz les mesons, ainz gisoient par les rues.
- There were so many people in the city, women and children, that they couldn't stay in the houses and hence had to sleep in the streets.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]chaver
- to dig
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of chaver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | chaver | avoir chavé | |||||
gerund | en chavant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | chavant | ||||||
past participle | chavé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | chaf | chaves | chave | chavons | chavez | chavent |
imperfect | chavoie, chaveie, chavoe, chaveve | chavoies, chaveies, chavoes, chaveves | chavoit, chaveit, chavot, chaveve | chaviiens, chaviens | chaviiez, chaviez | chavoient, chaveient, chavoent, chavevent | |
preterite | chavai | chavas | chava | chavames | chavastes | chaverent | |
future | chaverai | chaveras | chavera | chaverons | chaveroiz, chavereiz, chaverez | chaveront | |
conditional | chaveroie, chavereie | chaveroies, chavereies | chaveroit, chavereit | chaveriiens, chaveriens | chaveriiez, chaveriez | chaveroient, chavereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | chaf | chas | chat | chavons | chavez | chavent |
imperfect | chavasse | chavasses | chavast | chavissons, chavissiens | chavissoiz, chavissez, chavissiez | chavassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | chave | — | chavons | chavez | — |
Romansch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- stgavar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
- cavar (Sursilvan)
- tgavar (Surmiran)
- chavar (Vallader)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin cavō, cavāre.
Verb
[edit]chaver
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