cacchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • kacchen, caschen, caicchen, kecchen, kichen

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cachier, variant of Old French chacier, from Late Latin captiāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkat͡ʃən/

Verb

cacchen

  1. to catch

Conjugation

Conjugation of cacchen (weak irregular/in -ed)
infinitive (to) cacchen, cacche
present tense past tense
1st-person singular cacche caughte, cacched
2nd-person singular cacchest caughtest, cacchedest
3rd-person singular caccheth caughte, cacched
subjunctive singular cacche
imperative singular
plural1 cacchen, cacche caughten, caughte, caccheden, cacchede
imperative plural caccheth, cacche
participles cacchynge, cacchende caught, cacched, ycaught, ycacched

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: catch
    • French: catch
    • Kabuverdianu:
    • Spanish: cachar
  • Yola: kotch

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