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decevoir
decevoir
See also: décevoir
Middle French
Verb
decevoir
Descendants
- French: décevoir
References
- decevoir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
Old French
Alternative forms
- deceivre
- deçoivre
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dēcipēre, variant form of Classical Latin dēcipĕre, present active infinitive of dēcipiō.
Verb
decevoir
- to deceive; to trick; to fool
- 12th or 13th century, Gace Brule (in "Anthologie de la poésie lyrique française des XIIe et XIIIe siècles), Contre tanz que voi frimer, ISBN 2-07-032462-1:
- Mais ciaus qui trichent Amour
Et servent pour decevoir
- Mais ciaus qui trichent Amour
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem deçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem decev, 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 decevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | decevoir | avoir deceü | |||||
| gerund | en decevant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | decevant | ||||||
| past participle | deceü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | deçoif, deçoi | deçois | deçoit | decevons | decevez | deçoivent |
| imperfect | decevoie, deceveie | decevoies, deceveies | decevoit, deceveit | deceviiens, deceviens | deceviiez, deceviez | decevoient, deceveient | |
| preterite | deçui | deceüs | deçut | deceümes | deceüstes | deçurent | |
| future | decevrai | decevras | decevra | decevrons | decevroiz, decevreiz, decevrez | decevront | |
| conditional | decevroie, decevreie | decevroies, decevreies | decevroit, decevreit | decevriiens, decevriens | decevriiez, decevriez | decevroient, decevreient | |
| 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 | deçoive | deçoives | deçoive | decevons | decevez | deçoivent |
| imperfect | deceüsse | deceüsses | deceüst | deceüssons, deceüssiens | deceüssoiz, deceüssez, deceüssiez | deceüssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | deçoif | — | decevons | decevez | — | ||