plovoir
Old French
Alternative forms
- pluveir (archaic)
- plover
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *plovere (with a change in conjugation to *plovēre), from Classical Latin pluere.
Pronunciation
Verb
plovoir
- to rain
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, De saint Esglise:
- Ne face Diex sor vous plovoir
- May god not make it rain on you
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem pluev distinct from the unstressed stem plov, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plovoir | avoir pleü | |||||
| gerund | en plovant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | plovant | ||||||
| past participle | pleü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | pluet | — | — | pluevent |
| imperfect | — | — | plovoit, ploveit | — | — | — | |
| preterite | — | — | plut | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | plovra | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | plovroit, plovreit | — | — | — | |
| 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 | — | — | plueve | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | pleüst | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: pleuvoir
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