poeir

Franco-Provençal

Verb

poeir (Old Lyonnais)

1. Alternative form of povêr (“to be able to”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pŏsse”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 231

Old French

Verb

poeir

1. 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)

1. Alternative form of pooir