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cachier
cachier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
cachier
- (transitive, intransitive) to hide
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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of cachier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cachier | avoir cachié | |||||
| gerund | en cachant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cachant | ||||||
| past participle | cachié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cache | caches | cache | cachons | cachiez | cachent |
| imperfect | cachoie, cacheie, cachoe, cachieve | cachoies, cacheies, cachoes, cachieves | cachoit, cacheit, cachot, cachieve | cachiiens, cachiens | cachiiez, cachiez | cachoient, cacheient, cachoent, cachievent | |
| preterite | cachai | cachas | cacha | cachames | cachastes | cachierent | |
| future | cacherai | cacheras | cachera | cacherons | cacheroiz, cachereiz, cacherez | cacheront | |
| conditional | cacheroie, cachereie | cacheroies, cachereies | cacheroit, cachereit | cacheriiens, cacheriens | cacheriiez, cacheriez | cacheroient, cachereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cache | caches | cache | cachons | cachiez | cachent |
| imperfect | cachasse | cachasses | cachast | cachissons, cachissiens | cachissoiz, cachissez, cachissiez | cachassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | cache | — | cachons | cachiez | — | ||
Descendants
Etymology 2
See chacier.
Verb
cachier
- (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of chacier (“to chase”)
- circa 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
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Con s'i cachast un cherf de ruit.
- As if he wer chasing a rutting buck.
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Con s'i cachast un cherf de ruit.
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Descendants
- Middle English: cacchen (borrowed)
- English: catch
Picard
Etymology
From cachier, a northern variant of Old French chacier, from Late Latin captiō, captiāre (“capture”), from Latin captō, captāre.
Verb
cachier
- to hunt