# abelir
## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* abelar

### Etymology

a- +‎ bel +‎ -ir

### Verb

abelir
* to embellish (make more attractive)

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | abelir | abelir | abelir | ?er abelit | ?er abelit | ?er abelit |
| past participle | past participle | abelit | abelit | abelit | — | — | — |
| gerund | gerund | abelissent | abelissent | abelissent | ?ent abelit | ?ent abelit | ?ent abelit |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | abelissi | abelisses | abelís | abelissèm | abelissètz | abelisson |
| indicative | imperfect | abelissiái | abelissiás | abelissiá | abelissiam | abelissiatz | abelissián |
| indicative | preterite | abeliguèri | abeliguères | abeliguèt | abeliguèrem | abeliguèretz | abeliguèron |
| indicative | future | abelirai | abeliràs | abelirà | abelirem | abeliretz | abeliràn |
| indicative | conditional | abeliriái | abeliriás | abeliriá | abeliriam | abeliriatz | abelirián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | abeliguèra | abeliguèras | abeliguèra | abeligueram | abeligueratz | abeliguèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | abelisca | abeliscas | abelisca | abeliscam | abeliscatz | abeliscan |
| subjunctive | imperfect | abeliguèsse | abeliguèsses | abeliguèsse | abeliguèssem | abeliguèssetz | abeliguèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | abelís | | abeliscam | abelissetz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |

## Old French
### Etymology

From bel.

### Verb

abelir
* to please; to be pleasing (to)
* to embellish (make more attractive)
* (reflexive, s'abelir) to make oneself more attractive

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (abelir)