descovrir

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin discoperīre < discooperīre, present active infinitive of discooperiō, from Latin dis- + cooperiō; equivalent to des- +‎ covrir. Compare Modern Spanish descubrir.

Verb

descovrir

1. to uncover, to reveal
2. (by extension) to discover
   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:

     Amur li dune hardement, il li descovre sun talent.

     Love gave him boldness, he discovered his own desire.

Conjugation

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		descovrir			avoir descovert, descovri
gerund		en descovrant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		descovrant
past participle		descovert, descovri
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	descuevre	descuevres	descuevre	descovrons	descovrez	descuevrent
	imperfect	descovroie, descovreie	descovroies, descovreies	descovroit, descovreit	descovriiens, descovriens	descovriiez, descovriez	descovroient, descovreient
	preterite	descovri	descovris	descovri	descovrimes	descovristes	descovrirent
	future	descovrerai	descovreras	descovrera	descovrerons	descovreroiz, descovrereiz, descovrerez	descovreront
	conditional	descovreroie, descovrereie	descovreroies, descovrereies	descovreroit, descovrereit	descovreriiens, descovreriens	descovreriiez, descovreriez	descovreroient, descovrereient
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	descuevre	descuevres	descuevre	descovrons	descovrez	descuevrent
	imperfect	descovrisse	descovrisses	descovrist	descovrissons, descovrissiens	descovrissoiz, descovrissez, descovrissiez	descovrissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	descuevre	—	descovrons	descovrez	—

Descendants

• → English: discover
• French: découvrir
• Norman: dêcouvri (Jersey)