merchier

merchier

Old French

Alternative forms

• mercher

Etymology

From the noun merc (modern French marque).

Verb

merchier

1. to mark; to give a distinguishing feature to

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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		merchier			avoir merchié
gerund		en merchant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		merchant
past participle		merchié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	merche	merches	merche	merchons	merchiez	merchent
	imperfect	merchoie, mercheie, merchoe, merchieve	merchoies, mercheies, merchoes, merchieves	merchoit, mercheit, merchot, merchieve	merchiiens, merchiens	merchiiez, merchiez	merchoient, mercheient, merchoent, merchievent
	preterite	merchai	merchas	mercha	merchames	merchastes	merchierent
	future	mercherai	mercheras	merchera	mercherons	mercheroiz, merchereiz, mercherez	mercheront
	conditional	mercheroie, merchereie	mercheroies, merchereies	mercheroit, merchereit	mercheriiens, mercheriens	mercheriiez, mercheriez	mercheroient, merchereient
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	merche	merches	merche	merchons	merchiez	merchent
	imperfect	merchasse	merchasses	merchast	merchissons, merchissiens	merchissoiz, merchissez, merchissiez	merchassent
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	–
		—	merche	—	merchons	merchiez	—

Descendants

• French: marquer