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proiier
proiier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
proiier
- to pray
- to pray; to beg; to implore
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
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Mais je vos proi, por Dieu et por son non[.]
- But I pray to you, by God and by his name[.]
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Mais je vos proi, por Dieu et por son non[.]
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- to beg (as in, for food, for money)
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. This verb has a stressed present stem pri distinct from the unstressed stem proi, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of proiier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | proiier | avoir proiié | |||||
| gerund | en proiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | proiant | ||||||
| past participle | proiié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pri, proi | prïes, proies | prïe, proie | proions | proiiez, proiez | prïent, proient |
| imperfect | proioie, proieie, proioe, proiieve, proieve | proioies, proieies, proioes, proiieves, proieves | proioit, proieit, proiot, proiieve, proieve | proiiiens, proiiens | proiiiez, proiiez | proioient, proieient, proioent, proiievent, proievent | |
| preterite | proiai | proias | proia | proiames | proiastes | proiierent | |
| future | proierai | proieras | proiera | proierons | proieroiz, proiereiz, proierez | proieront | |
| conditional | proieroie, proiereie | proieroies, proiereies | proieroit, proiereit | proieriiens, proieriens | proieriiez, proieriez | proieroient, proiereient | |
| 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 | pri, proi | pris, prois | prit, proit | proions | proiiez, proiez | prïent, proient |
| imperfect | proiasse | proiasses | proiast | proiissons, proiissiens | proiissoiz, proiissez, proiissiez | proiassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | prïe, proie | — | proions | proiiez, proiez | — | ||