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babillier

babillier

Old French

Alternative forms

Verb

babillier

  1. (often pejorative) to babble; to chatter; to natter

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 *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of babillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive babillier avoir babillié
gerund en babillant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle babillant
past participle babillié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present babil babilles babille babillons babilliez babillent
imperfect babilloie, babilleie, babilloe, babillieve babilloies, babilleies, babilloes, babillieves babilloit, babilleit, babillot, babillieve babilliiens, babilliens babilliiez, babilliez babilloient, babilleient, babilloent, babillievent
preterite babillai babillas babilla babillames babillastes babillierent
future babillerai babilleras babillera babillerons babilleroiz, babillereiz, babillerez babilleront
conditional babilleroie, babillereie babilleroies, babillereies babilleroit, babillereit babilleriiens, babilleriens babilleriiez, babilleriez babilleroient, babillereient
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 babil babiz babit babillons babilliez babillent
imperfect babillasse babillasses babillast babillissons, babillissiens babillissoiz, babillissez, babillissiez babillassent
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 –
— babille — babillons babilliez —

Descendants

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (babiller, supplement)

Etymology

From a root *bab- (compare also Middle French baboyer ‎(“to mumble”)), probably of Germanic origin, from Old Dutch *babōn, *babelōn ‎(“to mumble, chatter, babble”), from Proto-Germanic *babalōną ‎(“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, *baba- ‎(“to talk vaguely, mumble”). Cognate with Dutch babben ‎(“to babble”), Middle Dutch babbelen ‎(“to babble”), German pappeln ‎(“to stammer, babble”), Icelandic babba and babla ‎(“to babble”). More at babble.

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