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loisir
loisir
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Latin licēre, infinitive of licet
Noun
loisir m (oblique plural loisirs, nominative singular loisirs, nominative plural loisir)
- free time
- rest; respite
- Assauz lur fet ytaus aprés liverer K'en trois jurs n'ot nul loisir de reposer
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- Assauz lur fet ytaus aprés liverer K'en trois jurs n'ot nul loisir de reposer
- permission
Verb
loisir
- (impersonal) to be allowed
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 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 loisir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | loisir | avoir leü | |||||
| gerund | en loisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | loisant | ||||||
| past participle | leü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | loist | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | loisoit, loiseit | — | — | — | |
| preterite | — | — | lut | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | loira | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | loiroit, loireit | — | — | — | |
| 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 | — | — | loise | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | leüst | — | — | — | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||