tabuster

Middle French

Etymology

Related to tapage, taper (“to hit, strike, slap”).

Verb

tabuster

1. to hit; to strike
2. to make noise; to be noisy

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of tabuster

infinitive	simple	tabuster
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	tabustant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		tabusté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tabuste	tabustes	tabuste	tabustons	tabustez	tabustent
	imperfect	tabustois, tabustoys	tabustois, tabustoys	tabustoit, tabustoyt	tabustions, tabustyons	tabustiez, tabustyez	tabustoient, tabustoyent
	past historic	tabusta	tabustas	tabusta	tabustasmes	tabustastes	tabusterent
	future	tabusterai, tabusteray	tabusteras	tabustera	tabusterons	tabusterez	tabusteront
	conditional	tabusterois, tabusteroys	tabusterois, tabusteroys	tabusteroit, tabusteroyt	tabusterions, tabusteryons	tabusteriez, tabusteryez	tabusteroient, tabusteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	tabuste	tabustes	tabuste	tabustons	tabustez	tabustent
	imperfect	tabustasse	tabustasses	tabustast	tabustassions	tabustassiez	tabustassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tabuste	—	tabustons	tabustez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).