blackbird – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of blackbird

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to blackbird
Participle: blackbirded
Gerund: blackbirding

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iblackbird
youblackbird
he;she;itblackbirds
weblackbird
youblackbird
theyblackbird

Perfect

Ihave blackbirded
youhave blackbirded
he;she;ithas blackbirded
wehave blackbirded
youhave blackbirded
theyhave blackbirded

Past

Iblackbirded
youblackbirded
he;she;itblackbirded
weblackbirded
youblackbirded
theyblackbirded

Pluperfect

Ihad blackbirded
youhad blackbirded
he;she;ithad blackbirded
wehad blackbirded
youhad blackbirded
theyhad blackbirded

Future

Iwill blackbird
youwill blackbird
he;she;itwill blackbird
wewill blackbird
youwill blackbird
theywill blackbird

Future Perfect

Iwill have blackbirded
youwill have blackbirded
he;she;itwill have blackbirded
wewill have blackbirded
youwill have blackbirded
theywill have blackbirded

Subjunctive

Present

Iblackbird
youblackbird
he;she;itblackbird
weblackbird
youblackbird
theyblackbird

Perfect

Ihave blackbirded
youhave blackbirded
he;she;ithave blackbirded
wehave blackbirded
youhave blackbirded
theyhave blackbirded

Imperfect

Iblackbirded
youblackbirded
he;she;itblackbirded
weblackbirded
youblackbirded
theyblackbirded

Pluperfect

Ihad blackbirded
youhad blackbirded
he;she;ithad blackbirded
wehad blackbirded
youhad blackbirded
theyhad blackbirded

Conditional

Present

Iwould blackbird
youwould blackbird
he;she;itwould blackbird
wewould blackbird
youwould blackbird
theywould blackbird

Perfect

Iwould have blackbirded
youwould have blackbirded
he;she;itwould have blackbirded
wewould have blackbirded
youwould have blackbirded
theywould have blackbirded

Imperative

youblackbird
weLet's blackbird
youblackbird

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam blackbirding
youare blackbirding
he;she;itis blackbirding
weare blackbirding
youare blackbirding
theyare blackbirding

Perfect

Ihave been blackbirding
youhave been blackbirding
he;she;ithas been blackbirding
wehave been blackbirding
youhave been blackbirding
theyhave been blackbirding

Past

Iwas blackbirding
youwere blackbirding
he;she;itwas blackbirding
wewere blackbirding
youwere blackbirding
theywere blackbirding

Pluperfect

Ihad been blackbirding
youhad been blackbirding
he;she;ithad been blackbirding
wehad been blackbirding
youhad been blackbirding
theyhad been blackbirding

Future

Iwill be blackbirding
youwill be blackbirding
he;she;itwill be blackbirding
wewill be blackbirding
youwill be blackbirding
theywill be blackbirding

Future Perfect

Iwill have been blackbirding
youwill have been blackbirding
he;she;itwill have been blackbirding
wewill have been blackbirding
youwill have been blackbirding
theywill have been blackbirding

Conditional

Present

Iwould be blackbirding
youwould be blackbirding
he;she;itwould be blackbirding
wewould be blackbirding
youwould be blackbirding
theywould be blackbirding

Perfect

Iwould have been blackbirding
youwould have been blackbirding
he;she;itwould have been blackbirding
wewould have been blackbirding
youwould have been blackbirding
theywould have been blackbirding

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'blackbird'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black + bird.

Sample Sentences

  • [2005, Wal F. Bird, Me No Go Mally Bulla: Recruiting and Blackbirding in the Queensland Labour Trade 1863–1906, Ginninderra Press, →ISBN, →ISBN:]
  • “At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated against blackbirding raids.” [2000, Kate Fortune, Brij V. Lal, The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia – Volume 1, University of Hawaiʻi, →ISBN, page 208:]