alumer
Old French
Etymology
From early Medieval Latin allumināre. By surface analysis, a- + lum + -er.
Verb
alumer
- to light up (provide with light)
- (figuratively) to set fire to
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of alumer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | alumer | avoir alumé | |||||
| gerund | en alumant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | alumant | ||||||
| past participle | alumé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | alum | alumes | alume | alumons | alumez | alument |
| imperfect | alumoie, alumeie, alumoe, alumeve | alumoies, alumeies, alumoes, alumeves | alumoit, alumeit, alumot, alumeve | alumiiens, alumiens | alumiiez, alumiez | alumoient, alumeient, alumoent, alumevent | |
| preterite | alumai | alumas | aluma | alumames | alumastes | alumerent | |
| future | alumerai | alumeras | alumera | alumerons | alumeroiz, alumereiz, alumerez | alumeront | |
| conditional | alumeroie, alumereie | alumeroies, alumereies | alumeroit, alumereit | alumeriiens, alumeriens | alumeriiez, alumeriez | alumeroient, alumereient | |
| 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 | alum | aluns | alunt | alumons | alumez | alument |
| imperfect | alumasse | alumasses | alumast | alumissons, alumissiens | alumissoiz, alumissez, alumissiez | alumassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | alume | — | alumons | alumez | — | ||
Descendants
- Champenois: ailunmer
- French: allumer
- Norman: alleunmer
- → Italian: allumare
- → Sicilian: aḍḍumari