sorrirre

Old French

Alternative forms

• suzrire, sozrire, surrire, sorrire

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *subrīdĕre, from Latin subrīdēre.

Verb

sorrirre

1. to smile

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		sorrirre			avoir sorris
gerund		en sorriant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		sorriant
past participle		sorris
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	sorri	sorriz	sorrit	sorrions	sorrïez	sorrïent
	imperfect	sorrioie, sorrïeie	sorrioies, sorrïeies	sorrioit, sorrïeit	sorriiiens, sorriiens	sorriiiez, sorriiez	sorrioient, sorrïeient
	preterite	sorris	sorreṣis	sorrist	sorreṣimes	sorreṣistes	sorrisdrent
	future	sorrirai	sorriras	sorrira	sorrirons	sorriroiz, sorrireiz, sorrirez	sorriront
	conditional	sorriroie, sorrireie	sorriroies, sorrireies	sorriroit, sorrireit	sorririiens, sorririens	sorririiez, sorririez	sorriroient, sorrireient
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	sorrïe	sorrïes	sorrïe	sorriiens, sorrions	sorriiez	sorrïent
	imperfect	sorreṣisse	sorreṣisses	sorreṣist	sorreṣissons, sorreṣissiens	sorreṣissoiz, sorreṣissez, sorreṣissiez	sorreṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	sorri	—	sorrions	sorrïez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: soubrire
  • French: sourire
• Norman: souôrithe

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sŭbrīdēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 350