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coillir
coillir
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
coillir
- to pick (of a flower, to detach from the rest of the plant)
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
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alees erent ses puceles
por coillir floretes noveles- The maidens had gone
to pick some new flowers
- The maidens had gone
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alees erent ses puceles
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem cueill distinct from the unstressed stem coill, 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 coillir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | coillir | avoir coilli | |||||
| gerund | en coillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | coillant | ||||||
| past participle | coilli | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cueil | cueuz | cueut | coillons | coilliez | cueillent |
| imperfect | coilloie, coilleie | coilloies, coilleies | coilloit, coilleit | coilliiens, coilliens | coilliiez, coilliez | coilloient, coilleient | |
| preterite | coilli | coillis | coilli | coillimes | coillistes | coillirent | |
| future | cueudrai | cueudras | cueudra | cueudrons | cueudroiz, cueudreiz, cueudrez | cueudront | |
| conditional | cueudroie, cueudreie | cueudroies, cueudreies | cueudroit, cueudreit | cueudriiens, cueudriens | cueudriiez, cueudriez | cueudroient, cueudreient | |
| 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 | cueille, colge | cueilles, colges | cueille, colge | coilliens, coillons, cueilliens, cueillons, colgiens, coljons | coilliez, cueilliez, colgiez | cueillent, colgent |
| imperfect | coillisse | coillisses | coillist | coillissons, coillissiens | coillissoiz, coillissez, coillissiez | coillissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | cueil | — | coillons | coilliez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-09838-6, page 151