apartenir

Old French

Alternative forms

• apertenir
• apurtenir (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin appertinēre, present active infinitive of appertineō (“belong to”), from Latin pertineō.

Verb

apartenir

1. to belong to
   • date?, author?, Menestrel de Reims

     Li cors le roi fut enseveliz et atourneiz si comme il apartenoit a cors de si haut roi.

     The body of the king was buried and dressed as if it belonged to the body of a very noble king.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem apartien distinct from the unstressed stem aparten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		apartenir			avoir apartenu
gerund		en apartenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		apartenant
past participle		apartenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	apartieng, apartien	apartiens	apartient	apartenons	apartenez	apartienent
	imperfect	apartenoie, aparteneie	apartenoies, aparteneies	apartenoit, aparteneit	aparteniiens, aparteniens	aparteniiez, aparteniez	apartenoient, aparteneient
	preterite	apartin	apartenis	apartint	apartenimes	apartenistes	apartindrent, apartinrent
	future	apartendrai	apartendras	apartendra	apartendrons	apartendroiz, apartendreiz, apartendrez	apartendront
	conditional	apartendroie, apartendreie	apartendroies, apartendreies	apartendroit, apartendreit	apartendriiens, apartendriens	apartendriiez, apartendriez	apartendroient, apartendreient
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	apartiegne	apartiegnes	apartiegne	apartiegniens, apartiegnons	apartiegniez	apartiegnent
	imperfect	apartenisse	apartenisses	apartenist	apartenissons, apartenissiens	apartenissoiz, apartenissez, apartenissiez	apartenissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	apartien	—	apartenons	apartenez	—

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

Derived terms

• apartenant
• apartenanz

Descendants

• English: appertain
• French: appartenir

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (apartenir)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (apartenir, supplement)
• apurtenir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub