esveillier

Old French

Alternative forms

• esveiller

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exviglāre < *exvigilare, from Latin evigilāre, present active infinitive of evigilō.

Verb

esveillier

1. to wake up (after sleep)

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 *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		esveillier			avoir esveillié
gerund		en esveillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esveillant
past participle		esveillié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esveil	esveilles	esveille	esveillons	esveilliez	esveillent
	imperfect	esveilloie, esveilleie, esveilloe, esveillieve	esveilloies, esveilleies, esveilloes, esveillieves	esveilloit, esveilleit, esveillot, esveillieve	esveilliiens, esveilliens	esveilliiez, esveilliez	esveilloient, esveilleient, esveilloent, esveillievent
	preterite	esveillai	esveillas	esveilla	esveillames	esveillastes	esveillierent
	future	esveillerai	esveilleras	esveillera	esveillerons	esveilleroiz, esveillereiz, esveillerez	esveilleront
	conditional	esveilleroie, esveillereie	esveilleroies, esveillereies	esveilleroit, esveillereit	esveilleriiens, esveilleriens	esveilleriiez, esveilleriez	esveilleroient, esveillereient
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	esveil	esveuz	esveut	esveillons	esveilliez	esveillent
	imperfect	esveillasse	esveillasses	esveillast	esveillissons, esveillissiens	esveillissoiz, esveillissez, esveillissiez	esveillassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esveille	—	esveillons	esveilliez	—

Synonyms

• resveillier

Related terms

• veillier

Descendants

• Middle French: esveiller
  • French: éveiller