taisir
Appearance
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin tacēre, present active infinitive of taceō (for identical phonetic evolution,[1] see Modern French plaisir, loisir, moisir, gésir, and Old French nuisir, luisir). It was eventually displaced by the analogical form taire (see also the similar analogical forms plaire, nuire, luire).
Verb
[edit]taisir
- (transitive and intransitive) to shut up
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so 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 taisir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | taisir | avoir teü | |||||
gerund | en taisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | taisant | ||||||
past participle | teü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | taz, tais | tais | taist | taisons | taisiez | taisent |
imperfect | taisoie, taiseie | taisoies, taiseies | taisoit, taiseit | taisiiens, taisiens | taisiiez, taisiez | taisoient, taiseient | |
preterite | toi | teüs | tot | teümes | teüstes | torent | |
future | tairai | tairas | taira | tairons | tairoiz, taireiz, tairez | tairont | |
conditional | tairoie, taireie | tairoies, taireies | tairoit, taireit | tairiiens, tairiens | tairiiez, tairiez | tairoient, taireient | |
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 | tace, taise | taces, taises | tace, taise | taciens, taçons, taisiens, taisons | taciez, taisiez | tacent, taisent |
imperfect | teüsse | teüsses | teüst | teüssons, teüssiens | teüssoiz, teüssez, teüssiez | teüssent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | tais | — | taisons | taisiez | — |