gaitier
Old French
Alternative forms
- gaiter
- guaiter
- guaitier
- waiter
Etymology
From Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”)). Compare Anglo-Norman waiter from the Old Northern French variant.
Verb
gaitier
- to watch; to survey
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 *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of gaitier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gaitier | avoir gaitié | |||||
| gerund | en gaitant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | gaitant | ||||||
| past participle | gaitié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | gait | gaites | gaite | gaitons | gaitiez | gaitent |
| imperfect | gaitoie, gaiteie, gaitoe, gaitieve | gaitoies, gaiteies, gaitoes, gaitieves | gaitoit, gaiteit, gaitot, gaitieve | gaitiiens, gaitiens | gaitiiez, gaitiez | gaitoient, gaiteient, gaitoent, gaitievent | |
| preterite | gaitai | gaitas | gaita | gaitames | gaitastes | gaitierent | |
| future | gaiterai | gaiteras | gaitera | gaiterons | gaiteroiz, gaitereiz, gaiterez | gaiteront | |
| conditional | gaiteroie, gaitereie | gaiteroies, gaitereies | gaiteroit, gaitereit | gaiteriiens, gaiteriens | gaiteriiez, gaiteriez | gaiteroient, gaitereient | |
| 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 | gait | gaiz | gait | gaitons | gaitiez | gaitent |
| imperfect | gaitasse | gaitasses | gaitast | gaitissons, gaitissiens | gaitissoiz, gaitissez, gaitissiez | gaitassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | gaite | — | gaitons | gaitiez | — | ||
Derived terms
- gaite
Descendants
- French: guetter
- Norman: dgetter (Jersey)