bataillier

Old French

Etymology

bataille +‎ -ier, or directly from Latin.

Verb

bataillier

1. to fight; to combat to engage in warfare

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 *-aill, *-aills, *-aillt are modified to ail, auz, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of bataillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		bataillier			avoir bataillié
gerund		en bataillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		bataillant
past participle		bataillié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	batail	batailles	bataille	bataillons	batailliez	bataillent
	imperfect	batailloie, batailleie, batailloe, bataillieve	batailloies, batailleies, batailloes, bataillieves	batailloit, batailleit, bataillot, bataillieve	batailliiens, batailliens	batailliiez, batailliez	batailloient, batailleient, batailloent, bataillievent
	preterite	bataillai	bataillas	batailla	bataillames	bataillastes	bataillierent
	future	bataillerai	batailleras	bataillera	bataillerons	batailleroiz, bataillereiz, bataillerez	batailleront
	conditional	batailleroie, bataillereie	batailleroies, bataillereies	batailleroit, bataillereit	batailleriiens, batailleriens	batailleriiez, batailleriez	batailleroient, bataillereient
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	batail	batauz	bataut	bataillons	batailliez	bataillent
	imperfect	bataillasse	bataillasses	bataillast	bataillissons, bataillissiens	bataillissoiz, bataillissez, bataillissiez	bataillassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	bataille	—	bataillons	batailliez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bataillier)