poeir
Franco-Provençal
Verb
poeir (Old Lyonnais)
- alternative form of povêr (“to be able to”)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pŏsse”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 231
Middle English
Noun
poeir
- alternative form of power
Old French
Verb
poeir
- alternative form of pooir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem pue distinct from the unstressed stem po, 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 poeir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | poeir | aveir peü | |||||
| gerund | en poänt, puissant | gerund of aveir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | poänt, puissant | ||||||
| past participle | peü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | puis | puez | puet | poons | poez | pueent |
| imperfect | poeie | poeies | poeit | poïiens, poïens | poïiez, poïez | poeient | |
| preterite | poi | peüs | pot | peümes | peüstes | porent | |
| future | porrai | porras | porra | porrons | porreiz, porrez | porront | |
| conditional | porreie | porreies | porreit | porriiens, porriens | porriiez, porriez | porreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of aveir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | puisse | puisses | puisse, puist | puissons | puissez | puissent |
| imperfect | peüsse | peüsses | peüst | peüssons, peüssiens | peüsseiz, peüssez, peüssiez | peüssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of aveir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Noun
poeir oblique singular, m (oblique plural poeirs, nominative singular poeirs, nominative plural poeir)
- alternative form of pooir