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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