enbuscier

Old French

Verb

enbuscier

1. to ambush

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 *-sc, *-scs, *-sct 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 enbuscier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enbuscier			avoir enbuscié
gerund		en enbusçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enbusçant
past participle		enbuscié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enbuz	enbusces	enbusce	enbusçons	enbusciez	enbuscent
	imperfect	enbusçoie, enbusceie, enbusçoe, enbuscieve	enbusçoies, enbusceies, enbusçoes, enbuscieves	enbusçoit, enbusceit, enbusçot, enbuscieve	enbusciiens, enbusciens	enbusciiez, enbusciez	enbusçoient, enbusceient, enbusçoent, enbuscievent
	preterite	enbusçai	enbusças	enbusça	enbusçames	enbusçastes	enbuscierent
	future	enbuscerai	enbusceras	enbuscera	enbuscerons	enbusceroiz, enbuscereiz, enbuscerez	enbusceront
	conditional	enbusceroie, enbuscereie	enbusceroies, enbuscereies	enbusceroit, enbuscereit	enbusceriiens, enbusceriens	enbusceriiez, enbusceriez	enbusceroient, enbuscereient
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	enbuz	enbuz	enbuzt	enbusçons	enbusciez	enbuscent
	imperfect	enbusçasse	enbusçasses	enbusçast	enbuscissons, enbuscissiens	enbuscissoiz, enbuscissez, enbuscissiez	enbusçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enbusce	—	enbusçons	enbusciez	—

Descendants

• → English: ambush
• Middle French: embuscher
  • French: embûcher

References

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