raincier

Old French

Alternative forms

• reincier

Verb

raincier

1. to rinse (briefly wash with water)

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 *-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 raincier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		raincier			avoir raincié
gerund		en rainçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		rainçant
past participle		raincié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	rainz	rainces	raince	rainçons	rainciez	raincent
	imperfect	rainçoie, rainceie, rainçoe, raincieve	rainçoies, rainceies, rainçoes, raincieves	rainçoit, rainceit, rainçot, raincieve	rainciiens, rainciens	rainciiez, rainciez	rainçoient, rainceient, rainçoent, raincievent
	preterite	rainçai	rainças	rainça	rainçames	rainçastes	raincierent
	future	raincerai	rainceras	raincera	raincerons	rainceroiz, raincereiz, raincerez	rainceront
	conditional	rainceroie, raincereie	rainceroies, raincereies	rainceroit, raincereit	rainceriiens, rainceriens	rainceriiez, rainceriez	rainceroient, raincereient
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	rainz	rainz	rainzt	rainçons	rainciez	raincent
	imperfect	rainçasse	rainçasses	rainçast	raincissons, raincissiens	raincissoiz, raincissez, raincissiez	rainçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	raince	—	rainçons	rainciez	—

Descendants

• → English: rinse
• Middle French: rincer
  • French: rincer

References

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