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laissier
laissier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
laissier
- to allow; to permit
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar
- Kar ne se volt laissier murir
- Because he didn't want to let himself die
- Kar ne se volt laissier murir
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar
- to leave (not prohibit)
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 *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of laissier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | laissier | avoir laissié | |||||
| gerund | en laissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | laissant | ||||||
| past participle | laissié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | lais | laisses | laisse | laissons | laissiez | laissent |
| imperfect | laissoie, laisseie, laissoe, laissieve | laissoies, laisseies, laissoes, laissieves | laissoit, laisseit, laissot, laissieve | laissiiens, laissiens | laissiiez, laissiez | laissoient, laisseient, laissoent, laissievent | |
| preterite | laissai | laissas | laissa | laissames | laissastes | laissierent | |
| future | laisserai | laisseras | laissera | laisserons | laisseroiz, laissereiz, laisserez | laisseront | |
| conditional | laisseroie, laissereie | laisseroies, laissereies | laisseroit, laissereit | laisseriiens, laisseriens | laisseriiez, laisseriez | laisseroient, laissereient | |
| 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 | lais | lais | laist | laissons | laissiez | laissent |
| imperfect | laissasse | laissasses | laissast | laississons, laississiens | laississoiz, laississez, laississiez | laissassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | laisse, lais | — | laissons | laissiez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: laisser