deservir
Old French
Etymology
Verb
deservir
- to serve well or zealously
- to deserve; to merit
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Et nous l'avons bien deservi
- And we deserved it
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
- Conment hom devoit Dieu servir
Por saint Paradix deservir- How man should serve God
In order to deserve Heaven
- How man should serve God
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of deservir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | deservir | avoir deservi | |||||
| gerund | en deservant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | deservant | ||||||
| past participle | deservi | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | deserf | desers | desert | deservons | deservez | deservent |
| imperfect | deservoie, deserveie | deservoies, deserveies | deservoit, deserveit | deserviiens, deserviens | deserviiez, deserviez | deservoient, deserveient | |
| preterite | deservi | deservis | deservi | deservimes | deservistes | deservirent | |
| future | deservirai | deserviras | deservira | deservirons | deserviroiz, deservireiz, deservirez | deserviront | |
| conditional | deserviroie, deservireie | deserviroies, deservireies | deserviroit, deservireit | deserviriiens, deserviriens | deserviriiez, deserviriez | deserviroient, deservireient | |
| 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 | deserve | deserves | deserve | deservons | deservez | deservent |
| imperfect | deservisse | deservisses | deservist | deservissons, deservissiens | deservissoiz, deservissez, deservissiez | deservissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | deserf | — | deservons | deservez | — | ||
Related terms
- see servir
Descendants
See also
- desservir - to clear the table