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escorcier
escorcier
Old French
Alternative forms
- escorcher
- escorsier
Verb
escorcier
- to debark (remove bark from a tree, etc.)
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 *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of escorcier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | escorcier | avoir escorcié | |||||
| gerund | en escorçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | escorçant | ||||||
| past participle | escorcié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | escorz | escorces | escorce | escorçons | escorciez | escorcent |
| imperfect | escorçoie, escorceie, escorçoe, escorcieve | escorçoies, escorceies, escorçoes, escorcieves | escorçoit, escorceit, escorçot, escorcieve | escorciiens, escorciens | escorciiez, escorciez | escorçoient, escorceient, escorçoent, escorcievent | |
| preterite | escorçai | escorças | escorça | escorçames | escorçastes | escorcierent | |
| future | escorcerai | escorceras | escorcera | escorcerons | escorceroiz, escorcereiz, escorcerez | escorceront | |
| conditional | escorceroie, escorcereie | escorceroies, escorcereies | escorceroit, escorcereit | escorceriiens, escorceriens | escorceriiez, escorceriez | escorceroient, escorcereient | |
| 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 | escorz | escorz | escorzt | escorçons | escorciez | escorcent |
| imperfect | escorçasse | escorçasses | escorçast | escorcissons, escorcissiens | escorcissoiz, escorcissez, escorcissiez | escorçassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | escorce | — | escorçons | escorciez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: écorcer