esclicer

Old French

Alternative forms

• esclicier

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *slītan (“to tear, rend”).

Verb

esclicer

1. to shatter, split, cleave

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. 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 esclicer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		esclicer			avoir esclicé
gerund		en escliçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		escliçant
past participle		esclicé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	escliz	esclices	esclice	escliçons	esclicez	esclicent
	imperfect	escliçoie, escliceie, escliçoe, escliceve	escliçoies, escliceies, escliçoes, escliceves	escliçoit, escliceit, escliçot, escliceve	escliciiens, escliciens	escliciiez, escliciez	escliçoient, escliceient, escliçoent, esclicevent
	preterite	escliçai	escliças	escliça	escliçames	escliçastes	esclicerent
	future	esclicerai	escliceras	esclicera	esclicerons	escliceroiz, esclicereiz, esclicerez	escliceront
	conditional	escliceroie, esclicereie	escliceroies, esclicereies	escliceroit, esclicereit	escliceriiens, escliceriens	escliceriiez, escliceriez	escliceroient, esclicereient
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	escliz	escliz	esclizt	escliçons	esclicez	esclicent
	imperfect	escliçasse	escliçasses	escliçast	esclicissons, esclicissiens	esclicissoiz, esclicissez, esclicissiez	escliçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esclice	—	escliçons	esclicez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: esclicier, esclisser, esclicer
  • French: éclisser
• → Middle English: sklicen, sklycen
  • English: slice