coaillier
Old French
Alternative forms
- quailler
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *coaglāre, *quaglāre, from syncopation of Latin coāgulāre, present active infinitive of coāgulō.
Verb
coaillier
- to curdle
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 *-aill, *-aills, *-aillt are modified to ail, auz, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of coaillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | coaillier | avoir coaillié | |||||
| gerund | en coaillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | coaillant | ||||||
| past participle | coaillié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | coail | coailles | coaille | coaillons | coailliez | coaillent |
| imperfect | coailloie, coailleie, coailloe, coaillieve | coailloies, coailleies, coailloes, coaillieves | coailloit, coailleit, coaillot, coaillieve | coailliiens, coailliens | coailliiez, coailliez | coailloient, coailleient, coailloent, coaillievent | |
| preterite | coaillai | coaillas | coailla | coaillames | coaillastes | coaillierent | |
| future | coaillerai | coailleras | coaillera | coaillerons | coailleroiz, coaillereiz, coaillerez | coailleront | |
| conditional | coailleroie, coaillereie | coailleroies, coaillereies | coailleroit, coaillereit | coailleriiens, coailleriens | coailleriiez, coailleriez | coailleroient, coaillereient | |
| 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 | coail | coauz | coaut | coaillons | coailliez | coaillent |
| imperfect | coaillasse | coaillasses | coaillast | coaillissons, coaillissiens | coaillissoiz, coaillissez, coaillissiez | coaillassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | coaille | — | coaillons | coailliez | — | ||
Related terms
- cail
Descendants
- French: cailler
- → Alemannic German: kale
- Norman: cailli
- → Middle English: quaylen, qwaylen
- English: quail