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cerchier
cerchier
Middle French
Verb
cerchier
- (uncommon) Alternative form of chercher
Conjugation
- As parler except the additional i in the infinitive does not appear in many forms.
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of cerchier
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cerchier | avoir cerchié | |||||
| gerund | en cerchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cerchant | ||||||
| past participle | cerchié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | cerche | cerches | cerche | cerchions | cerchiez | cerchent |
| imperfect | cerchois, cerchoys | cerchois, cerchoys | cerchoit, cerchoyt | cerchions, cerchyons | cerchiez, cerchyez | cerchoient, cerchoyent | |
| past historic | cercha | cerchas | cercha | cerchasmes | cerchastes | cerchierent | |
| future | cerchierai, cerchieray | cerchieras | cerchiera | cerchierons | cerchierez | cerchieront | |
| conditional | cerchierois, cerchieroys | cerchierois, cerchieroys | cerchieroit, cerchieroyt | cerchierions, cerchieryons | cerchieriez, cerchieryez | cerchieroient, cerchieroyent | |
| 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 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | cerche | cerches | cerche | cerchions | cerchiez | cerchent |
| imperfect | cerchasse | cerchasses | cerchast | cerchassions | cerchassiez | cerchassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | cerche | — | cerchions | cerchiez | — | ||
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin circāre, present active infinitive of circō, from Latin circa.
Verb
cerchier
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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of cerchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cerchier | avoir cerchié | |||||
| gerund | en cerchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cerchant | ||||||
| past participle | cerchié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cerche | cerches | cerche | cerchons | cerchiez | cerchent |
| imperfect | cerchoie, cercheie, cerchoe, cerchieve | cerchoies, cercheies, cerchoes, cerchieves | cerchoit, cercheit, cerchot, cerchieve | cerchiiens, cerchiens | cerchiiez, cerchiez | cerchoient, cercheient, cerchoent, cerchievent | |
| preterite | cerchai | cerchas | cercha | cerchames | cerchastes | cerchierent | |
| future | cercherai | cercheras | cerchera | cercherons | cercheroiz, cerchereiz, cercherez | cercheront | |
| conditional | cercheroie, cerchereie | cercheroies, cerchereies | cercheroit, cerchereit | cercheriiens, cercheriens | cercheriiez, cercheriez | cercheroient, cerchereient | |
| 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 | cerche | cerches | cerche | cerchons | cerchiez | cerchent |
| imperfect | cerchasse | cerchasses | cerchast | cerchissons, cerchissiens | cerchissoiz, cerchissez, cerchissiez | cerchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | cerche | — | cerchons | cerchiez | — | ||