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cacier
cacier
Old French
Verb
cacier
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of cachier- to hide
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
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Guendoliene fu iriee
De ce qu'ensi en fu caciee- Gwendoline was furious
about what was hidden
- Gwendoline was furious
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Guendoliene fu iriee
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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 cacier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cacier | avoir cacié | |||||
| gerund | en caçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | caçant | ||||||
| past participle | cacié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | caz | caces | cace | caçons | caciez | cacent |
| imperfect | caçoie, caceie, caçoe, cacieve | caçoies, caceies, caçoes, cacieves | caçoit, caceit, caçot, cacieve | caciiens, caciens | caciiez, caciez | caçoient, caceient, caçoent, cacievent | |
| preterite | caçai | caças | caça | caçames | caçastes | cacierent | |
| future | cacerai | caceras | cacera | cacerons | caceroiz, cacereiz, cacerez | caceront | |
| conditional | caceroie, cacereie | caceroies, cacereies | caceroit, cacereit | caceriiens, caceriens | caceriiez, caceriez | caceroient, cacereient | |
| 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 | caz | caz | cazt | caçons | caciez | cacent |
| imperfect | caçasse | caçasses | caçast | cacissons, cacissiens | cacissoiz, cacissez, cacissiez | caçassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | cace | — | caçons | caciez | — | ||