blecier
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Frankish *blētjan (“to bruise”), from Proto-Germanic *blaitijaną (“to discolour, bruise”), from *blaitaz (“pale, discoloured”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlAid- (“pale, pallid”). Cognate with Old High German bleiza, bleizza (“livor, bruise”), Old English blāt (“pale, livid”). More at blate.
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blecier | avoir blecié | |||||
| gerund | en bleçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | bleçant | ||||||
| past participle | blecié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | blez | bleces | blece | bleçons | bleciez | blecent |
| imperfect | bleçoie, bleceie, bleçoe, blecieve | bleçoies, bleceies, bleçoes, blecieves | bleçoit, bleceit, bleçot, blecieve | bleciiens, bleciens | bleciiez, bleciez | bleçoient, bleceient, bleçoent, blecievent | |
| preterite | bleçai | bleças | bleça | bleçames | bleçastes | blecierent | |
| future | blecerai | bleceras | blecera | blecerons | bleceroiz, blecereiz, blecerez | bleceront | |
| conditional | bleceroie, blecereie | bleceroies, blecereies | bleceroit, blecereit | bleceriiens, bleceriens | bleceriiez, bleceriez | bleceroient, blecereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | blez | blez | blezt | bleçons | bleciez | blecent |
| imperfect | bleçasse | bleçasses | bleçast | blecissons, blecissiens | blecissoiz, blecissez, blecissiez | bleçassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | blece | — | bleçons | bleciez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: blesser