esveillier
Old French
Alternative forms
- esveiller
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *exviglāre < *exvigilare, from Latin evigilāre, present active infinitive of evigilō.
Verb
esveillier
- to wake up (after sleep)
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 *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of esveillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esveillier | avoir esveillié | |||||
| gerund | en esveillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | esveillant | ||||||
| past participle | esveillié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | esveil | esveilles | esveille | esveillons | esveilliez | esveillent |
| imperfect | esveilloie, esveilleie, esveilloe, esveillieve | esveilloies, esveilleies, esveilloes, esveillieves | esveilloit, esveilleit, esveillot, esveillieve | esveilliiens, esveilliens | esveilliiez, esveilliez | esveilloient, esveilleient, esveilloent, esveillievent | |
| preterite | esveillai | esveillas | esveilla | esveillames | esveillastes | esveillierent | |
| future | esveillerai | esveilleras | esveillera | esveillerons | esveilleroiz, esveillereiz, esveillerez | esveilleront | |
| conditional | esveilleroie, esveillereie | esveilleroies, esveillereies | esveilleroit, esveillereit | esveilleriiens, esveilleriens | esveilleriiez, esveilleriez | esveilleroient, esveillereient | |
| 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 | esveil | esveuz | esveut | esveillons | esveilliez | esveillent |
| imperfect | esveillasse | esveillasses | esveillast | esveillissons, esveillissiens | esveillissoiz, esveillissez, esveillissiez | esveillassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | esveille | — | esveillons | esveilliez | — | ||
Synonyms
- resveillier
Related terms
- veillier
Descendants
- Middle French: esveiller
- French: éveiller