laiier

Old French

Alternative forms

• laier, laire

Etymology

Probably a conflation of Frankish *lattjan (“to hinder, delay”) (from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), whence archaic English let), *laibijan (“to leave”) / *laibjan (from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną, whence English leave), and *laggjan (“to lay”) (from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną, whence English lay). Compare with laissier. More at relay and delay.

Verb

laiier

1. to leave (to refrain from taking; to allow to be available)

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. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		laiier			avoir laiié
gerund		en laiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		laiant
past participle		laiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	lai	laies, lais	laie, lait	laions	laiiez	laient
	imperfect	laioie, laieie, laioe, laiieve	laioies, laieies, laioes, laiieves	laioit, laieit, laiot, laiieve	laiiiens, laiiens	laiiiez, laiiez	laioient, laieient, laioent, laiievent
	preterite	laiai	laias	laia	laiames	laiastes	laiierent
	future	lairai, lerrai	lairas, lerras	laira, lerra	lairons, lerrons	lairoiz, laireiz, lairez, lerroiz, lerreiz, lerrez	lairont, lerront
	conditional	lairoie, laireie, lerroie, lerreie	lairoies, laireies, lerroies, lerreies	lairoit, laireit, lerroit, lerreit	lairiiens, lairiens, lerriiens, lerriens	lairiiez, lairiez, lerriiez, lerriez	lairoient, laireient, lerroient, lerreient
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	lai	lais	lait, laie	laions	laiiez	laient
	imperfect	laiasse	laiasses	laiast	laiissons, laiissiens	laiissoiz, laiissez, laiissiez	laiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	lai, laie	—	laions	laiiez	—

Derived terms

• delaier
• relaier

Descendants

• Walloon: leyî
• ⇒ Old French: delaier, delaiier, delayer, deslaier
  • French: délayer
  • → Middle English: delaien
    • English: delay
      • → Portuguese: delay
  • → Middle English: dalyen
    • English: dally
  • ⇒ Old French: delai, delaie (noun)
    • Middle French: delai
      • French: délai

See also

• laissier