moillier
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *molliāre (“soak”), from Latin mollis (“soft”).
Verb
moillier
- to wet (make wet)
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
- Des larmes moille son hermin peliçon
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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 *-oill, *-oills, *-oillt are modified to oil, ouz, out. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of moillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | moillier | avoir moillié | |||||
| gerund | en moillant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | moillant | ||||||
| past participle | moillié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | moil | moilles | moille | moillons | moilliez | moillent |
| imperfect | moilloie, moilleie, moilloe, moillieve | moilloies, moilleies, moilloes, moillieves | moilloit, moilleit, moillot, moillieve | moilliiens, moilliens | moilliiez, moilliez | moilloient, moilleient, moilloent, moillievent | |
| preterite | moillai | moillas | moilla | moillames | moillastes | moillierent | |
| future | moillerai | moilleras | moillera | moillerons | moilleroiz, moillereiz, moillerez | moilleront | |
| conditional | moilleroie, moillereie | moilleroies, moillereies | moilleroit, moillereit | moilleriiens, moilleriens | moilleriiez, moilleriez | moilleroient, moillereient | |
| 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 | moil | mouz | mout | moillons | moilliez | moillent |
| imperfect | moillasse | moillasses | moillast | moillissons, moillissiens | moillissoiz, moillissez, moillissiez | moillassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | moille | — | moillons | moilliez | — | ||