boivre

Old French

Alternative forms

• beivre (archaic or northern)
• bever

Etymology

From Latin bibere.

Pronunciation

• (early) IPA^(key): /ˈbei̯vɾə/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈboi̯vɾə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈbo̯ɛ(v)ɾə/

Verb

boivre

1. to drink

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem boiv distinct from the unstressed stem bev, 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 boivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		boivre			avoir beü
gerund		en bevant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		bevant
past participle		beü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	boif	bois	boit	bevons	bevez	boivent
	imperfect	bevoie, beveie	bevoies, beveies	bevoit, beveit	beviiens, beviens	beviiez, beviez	bevoient, beveient
	preterite	bui	beüs	but	beümes	beüstes	burent
	future	bevrai	bevras	bevra	bevrons	bevroiz, bevreiz, bevrez	bevront
	conditional	bevroie, bevreie	bevroies, bevreies	bevroit, bevreit	bevriiens, bevriens	bevriiez, bevriez	bevroient, bevreient
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	boive	boives	boive	bevons	bevez	boivent
	imperfect	beüsse	beüsses	beüst	beüssons, beüssiens	beüssoiz, beüssez, beüssiez	beüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	boif	—	bevons	bevez	—

Descendants

• Angevin: baire
• Bourguignon: beuvre
• Gallo: baire
• Middle French: boire
  • French: boire
    • Haitian Creole: bwè
• Norman: beire, boire, baithe
• Picard: boére
• Walloon: beûre, boere
• → Middle English: bever, beauver, beever, befer, beofer, beuver, bevere, bevre, bevyr, bevyre, bewer, byvre
  • English: beaver
  • Scots: bever, baiver
  • → Irish: béabhar

Noun

boivre oblique singular, m (oblique plural boivres, nominative singular boivres, nominative plural boivre)

1. a drink
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 204, line 2645:

     El beivre fud la nostre mort

     In the drink was our death