desploiier

desploiier

Old French

Alternative forms

• despleier

Etymology

des- +‎ ploiier, or possibly from Late Latin displicō, displicāre, or from Latin dēplicō, dēplicāre (“I unfold”).

Verb

desploiier

1. to unfold

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 a stressed present stem despli distinct from the unstressed stem desploi, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of desploiier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		desploiier			avoir desploiié
gerund		en desploiant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		desploiant
past participle		desploiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	despli, desploi	desplïes, desploies	desplïe, desploie	desploions	desploiiez, desploiez	desplïent, desploient
	imperfect	desploioie, desploieie, desploioe, desploiieve, desploieve	desploioies, desploieies, desploioes, desploiieves, desploieves	desploioit, desploieit, desploiot, desploiieve, desploieve	desploiiiens, desploiiens	desploiiiez, desploiiez	desploioient, desploieient, desploioent, desploiievent, desploievent
	preterite	desploiai	desploias	desploia	desploiames	desploiastes	desploiierent
	future	desploierai	desploieras	desploiera	desploierons	desploieroiz, desploiereiz, desploierez	desploieront
	conditional	desploieroie, desploiereie	desploieroies, desploiereies	desploieroit, desploiereit	desploieriiens, desploieriens	desploieriiez, desploieriez	desploieroient, desploiereient
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	despli, desploi	desplis, desplois	desplit, desploit	desploions	desploiiez, desploiez	desplïent, desploient
	imperfect	desploiasse	desploiasses	desploiast	desploiissons, desploiissiens	desploiissoiz, desploiissez, desploiissiez	desploiassent
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	–
		—	desplïe, desploie	—	desploions	desploiiez, desploiez	—

Related terms

• ploiier

Descendants

• Middle French: desploier
  • French: déployer
    • → English: deploy
• Anglo-Norman: despleier
  • → Middle English: displayen
    • English: display