deven

Ladino

Pronunciation

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Verb

deven (Hebrew spelling דיב׳ין)

  1. third-person plural present indicative of dever

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old English dēafian, from Proto-West Germanic *daubēn; by surface analysis, def (“deaf”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ̝ːvən/

    Verb

    deven (third-person singular simple present deveth, present participle devende, devynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle deved)

    1. (ambitransitive) To deafen; to cause to lose hearing.
    2. (transitive, figurative) To stun or stupefy.
    3. (intransitive, rare) To become deaf.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of deven (weak in -ed)
    infinitive (to) deven, deve
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular deve deved
    2nd-person singular devest devedest
    3rd-person singular deveth deved
    subjunctive singular deve
    imperative singular —
    plural1 deven, deve deveden, devede
    imperative plural deveth, deve —
    participles devynge, devende deved

    1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

    Descendants

    • English: deave (dialectal)
    • Middle Scots: deve, deive

    References

    Spanish

    Verb

    deven

    1. third-person plural present indicative of dever
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