feire
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
feire
- inflection of feiern:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin feriari, via German feiern.
Verb
feire (imperative feir, present tense feirer, passive feires, simple past and past participle feira or feiret, present participle feirende)
- to celebrate
Derived terms
References
- “feire” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
feire (present tense feirar, past tense feira, past participle feira, passive infinitive feirast, present participle feirande, imperative feire/feir)
- alternative form of feira
Old French
Etymology 1
Verb
feire
- alternative form of faire
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Por feire son comandemant
- To do his bidding
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of feire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | feire | avoir feit | |||||
| gerund | en feisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | feisant | ||||||
| past participle | feit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | faz, fei | feis | feit | feimes, feisons | feites | font |
| imperfect | feisoie, feiseie | feisoies, feiseies | feisoit, feiseit | feisiiens, feisiens | feisiiez, feisiez | feisoient, feiseient | |
| preterite | fis | feṣis | fist | feṣimes | feṣistes | firent | |
| future | ferai | feras | fera | ferons | feroiz, fereiz, ferez | feront | |
| conditional | feroie, fereie | feroies, fereies | feroit, fereit | feriiens, feriens | feriiez, feriez | feroient, fereient | |
| 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 | face | faces | face | faciens, façons | faciez | facent |
| imperfect | feṣisse | feṣisses | feṣist | feṣissons, feṣissiens | feṣissoiz, feṣissez, feṣissiez | feṣissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | fa | — | feimes, feisons | feites | — | ||
Etymology 2
Noun
feire oblique singular, f (oblique plural feires, nominative singular feire, nominative plural feires)
- alternative form of foire
Descendants
- → English: fair