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avachir

avachir

French

Verb

avachir

  1. to make soft; make limp or flabby; cause to sag.
  2. to render incapable of producing effort.

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

  Conjugation of avachir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive avachir avoir avachi
gerund en avachissant en ayant avachi
present participle avachissant
/a.va.ʃi.sɑ̃/
past participle avachi
/a.va.ʃi/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present avachis
/a.va.ʃi/ 		avachis
/a.va.ʃi/ 		avachit
/a.va.ʃi/ 		avachissons
/a.va.ʃi.sɔ̃/ 		avachissez
/a.va.ʃi.se/ 		avachissent
/a.va.ʃis/
imperfect avachissais
/a.va.ʃi.sɛ/ 		avachissais
/a.va.ʃi.sɛ/ 		avachissait
/a.va.ʃi.sɛ/ 		avachissions
/a.va.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ 		avachissiez
/a.va.ʃi.sje/ 		avachissaient
/a.va.ʃi.sɛ/
past historic1 avachis
/a.va.ʃi/ 		avachis
/a.va.ʃi/ 		avachit
/a.va.ʃi/ 		avachîmes
/a.va.ʃim/ 		avachîtes
/a.va.ʃit/ 		avachirent
/a.va.ʃiʁ/
future avachirai
/a.va.ʃi.ʁe/ 		avachiras
/a.va.ʃi.ʁa/ 		avachira
/a.va.ʃi.ʁa/ 		avachirons
/a.va.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ 		avachirez
/a.va.ʃi.ʁe/ 		avachiront
/a.va.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional avachirais
/a.va.ʃi.ʁɛ/ 		avachirais
/a.va.ʃi.ʁɛ/ 		avachirait
/a.va.ʃi.ʁɛ/ 		avachirions
/a.va.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		avachiriez
/a.va.ʃi.ʁje/ 		avachiraient
/a.va.ʃi.ʁɛ/
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 anterior1 Use the past historic 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 je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present avachisse
/a.va.ʃis/ 		avachisses
/a.va.ʃis/ 		avachisse
/a.va.ʃis/ 		avachissions
/a.va.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ 		avachissiez
/a.va.ʃi.sje/ 		avachissent
/a.va.ʃis/
imperfect1 avachisse
/a.va.ʃis/ 		avachisses
/a.va.ʃis/ 		avachît
/a.va.ʃi/ 		avachissions
/a.va.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ 		avachissiez
/a.va.ʃi.sje/ 		avachissent
/a.va.ʃis/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— avachis
/a.va.ʃi/ 		— avachissons
/a.va.ʃi.sɔ̃/ 		avachissez
/a.va.ʃi.se/ 		—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

Etymology

From Middle French avachir ‎(“to lose one's energy or force”), from Old French avachir ‎(“to sag”), from Old Frankish *waikijan ‎(“to soften”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną ‎(“to soften, make pliable, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- ‎(“soft, pliable; to avoid”). Cognate with Old High German weihjan ‎(“to soften”), Old English wǣcan ‎(“to weaken, oppress, trouble”), Old Norse veikja ‎(“to bow, make feeble, weaken”). More at weak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /avaʃiʁ/

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