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apointier
apointier
Old French
Verb
apointier
- to prepare
- to equip
- to treat (medically)
- to trick; to deceive
- to appoint; to select someone for a task
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 *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of apointier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | apointier | avoir apointié | |||||
| gerund | en apointant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | apointant | ||||||
| past participle | apointié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | apoint | apointes | apointe | apointons | apointiez | apointent |
| imperfect | apointoie, apointeie, apointoe, apointieve | apointoies, apointeies, apointoes, apointieves | apointoit, apointeit, apointot, apointieve | apointiiens, apointiens | apointiiez, apointiez | apointoient, apointeient, apointoent, apointievent | |
| preterite | apointai | apointas | apointa | apointames | apointastes | apointierent | |
| future | apointerai | apointeras | apointera | apointerons | apointeroiz, apointereiz, apointerez | apointeront | |
| conditional | apointeroie, apointereie | apointeroies, apointereies | apointeroit, apointereit | apointeriiens, apointeriens | apointeriiez, apointeriez | apointeroient, apointereient | |
| 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 | apoint | apoinz | apoint | apointons | apointiez | apointent |
| imperfect | apointasse | apointasses | apointast | apointissons, apointissiens | apointissoiz, apointissez, apointissiez | apointassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | apointe | — | apointons | apointiez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (apointier)