delaier
Old French
Alternative forms
- delaiier, delayer, deslaier
Etymology
Probably from de- + laiier, or from a Romanization of the prefix from Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bileiban), from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (compare German bleiben, Dutch blijven).
Verb
delaier
- (Anglo-Norman) to hesitate; to wait
Usage notes
- usually used in the set phrase sanz delaier (without hesitation)
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. 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 delaier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | delaier | avoir delaiié | |||||
| gerund | en delaiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | delaiant | ||||||
| past participle | delaiié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | delai | delaies, delais | delaie, delait | delaions | delaiiez | delaient |
| imperfect | delaioie, delaieie, delaioe, delaiieve | delaioies, delaieies, delaioes, delaiieves | delaioit, delaieit, delaiot, delaiieve | delaiiiens, delaiiens | delaiiiez, delaiiez | delaioient, delaieient, delaioent, delaiievent | |
| preterite | delaiai | delaias | delaia | delaiames | delaiastes | delaiierent | |
| future | delairai, delerrai | delairas, delerras | delaira, delerra | delairons, delerrons | delairoiz, delaireiz, delairez, delerroiz, delerreiz, delerrez | delairont, delerront | |
| conditional | delairoie, delaireie, delerroie, delerreie | delairoies, delaireies, delerroies, delerreies | delairoit, delaireit, delerroit, delerreit | delairiiens, delairiens, delerriiens, delerriens | delairiiez, delairiez, delerriiez, delerriez | delairoient, delaireient, delerroient, delerreient | |
| 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 | delai | delais | delait, delaie | delaions | delaiiez | delaient |
| imperfect | delaiasse | delaiasses | delaiast | delaiissons, delaiissiens | delaiissoiz, delaiissez, delaiissiez | delaiassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | delai, delaie | — | delaions | delaiiez | — | ||
Related terms
- delai
Descendants
- French: délayer
- → Middle English: delaien
- English: delay
- → Portuguese: delay
- English: delay
- → Middle English: dalyen
- English: dally
- ⇒ Old French: delai, delaie (noun)
- Middle French: delai
- French: délai
- Middle French: delai