dessevrer

Old French

Alternative forms

• desevrer

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dissēperāre, from Late Latin dissēparāre, present active infinitive of dissēparō, from Latin dis- + sēparō. Cognate to Old Spanish dessebrar, Italian disceverare, Asturian dixebrar. Cf. also Galician xebrar, Old Spanish exebrar, Occitan sebrar, French sevrer.

Verb

dessevrer

1. to divide; to separate

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. This verb has a stressed present stem dessoivr distinct from the unstressed stem dessevr. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of dessevrer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		dessevrer			avoir dessevré
gerund		en dessevrant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		dessevrant
past participle		dessevré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	dessoivre	dessoivres	dessoivre	dessevrons	dessevrez	dessoivrent
	imperfect	dessevroie, dessevreie, dessevroe, dessevreve	dessevroies, dessevreies, dessevroes, dessevreves	dessevroit, dessevreit, dessevrot, dessevreve	dessevriiens, dessevriens	dessevriiez, dessevriez	dessevroient, dessevreient, dessevroent, dessevrevent
	preterite	dessevrai	dessevras	dessevra	dessevrames	dessevrastes	dessevrerent
	future	dessevrerai	dessevreras	dessevrera	dessevrerons	dessevreroiz, dessevrereiz, dessevrerez	dessevreront
	conditional	dessevreroie, dessevrereie	dessevreroies, dessevrereies	dessevreroit, dessevrereit	dessevreriiens, dessevreriens	dessevreriiez, dessevreriez	dessevreroient, dessevrereient
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	dessoivre	dessoivres	dessoivre	dessevrons	dessevrez	dessoivrent
	imperfect	dessevrasse	dessevrasses	dessevrast	dessevrissons, dessevrissiens	dessevrissoiz, dessevrissez, dessevrissiez	dessevrassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	dessoivre	—	dessevrons	dessevrez	—

Related terms

• sevrer

Descendants

• → English: dissever