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pillier
pillier
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from Vulgar Latin *piliāre, from Late Latin pilāre, present active infinitive of pilō, from Latin pilus, or alternatively from a derivative of Latin pilleus. Compare Old Provençal pilhar, Italian pigliare.
Verb
pillier
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 *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of pillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pillier | avoir pillié | |||||
| gerund | en pillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | pillant | ||||||
| past participle | pillié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pil | pilles | pille | pillons | pilliez | pillent |
| imperfect | pilloie, pilleie, pilloe, pillieve | pilloies, pilleies, pilloes, pillieves | pilloit, pilleit, pillot, pillieve | pilliiens, pilliens | pilliiez, pilliez | pilloient, pilleient, pilloent, pillievent | |
| preterite | pillai | pillas | pilla | pillames | pillastes | pillierent | |
| future | pillerai | pilleras | pillera | pillerons | pilleroiz, pillereiz, pillerez | pilleront | |
| conditional | pilleroie, pillereie | pilleroies, pillereies | pilleroit, pillereit | pilleriiens, pilleriens | pilleriiez, pilleriez | pilleroient, pillereient | |
| 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 | pil | piz | pit | pillons | pilliez | pillent |
| imperfect | pillasse | pillasses | pillast | pillissons, pillissiens | pillissoiz, pillissez, pillissiez | pillassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | pille | — | pillons | pilliez | — | ||