chacier
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.
Pronunciation
- (classical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈt͡sjeːɾ/, (northern) /kaˈt͡ʃjeːɾ/
- (late) IPA(key): /ʃaˈsjeɾ/, (northern) /kaˈʃjeɾ/
Verb
chacier
- to hunt, to go hunting
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 chacier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chacier | avoir chacié | |||||
| gerund | en chaçant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | chaçant | ||||||
| past participle | chacié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | chaz | chaces | chace | chaçons | chaciez | chacent |
| imperfect | chaçoie, chaceie, chaçoe, chacieve | chaçoies, chaceies, chaçoes, chacieves | chaçoit, chaceit, chaçot, chacieve | chaciiens, chaciens | chaciiez, chaciez | chaçoient, chaceient, chaçoent, chacievent | |
| preterite | chaçai | chaças | chaça | chaçames | chaçastes | chacierent | |
| future | chacerai | chaceras | chacera | chacerons | chaceroiz, chacereiz, chacerez | chaceront | |
| conditional | chaceroie, chacereie | chaceroies, chacereies | chaceroit, chacereit | chaceriiens, chaceriens | chaceriiez, chaceriez | chaceroient, chacereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | chaz | chaz | chazt | chaçons | chaciez | chacent |
| imperfect | chaçasse | chaçasses | chaçast | chacissons, chacissiens | chacissoiz, chacissez, chacissiez | chaçassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | chace | — | chaçons | chaciez | — | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: chasser
- Bourguignon: chaissai
- Champenois: chaisser (Troyen), tasseu (Rémois)
- Franc-Comtois: tcheussie
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: chaçàe
- Walloon: tchessî
- → Middle English: chacen
- English: chase
Via the northern variant cachier: