caven

See also: Caven

Catalan

Verb

caven

  1. third-person plural present indicative of cavar

Galician

Verb

caven

  1. inflection of cavar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either a borrowing from Latin cavō or formed anew from cave (cave) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːvən/

Verb

caven

  1. (rare) To hollow out.

Conjugation

Conjugation of caven (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) caven, cave
present tense past tense
1st-person singular cave caved
2nd-person singular cavest cavedest
3rd-person singular caveth caved
subjunctive singular cave
imperative singular
plural1 caven, cave caveden, cavede
imperative plural caveth, cave
participles cavynge, cavende caved, ycaved

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: cave

References

Spanish

Verb

caven

  1. inflection of cavar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative