plaidier
Old French
Alternative forms
- plaider
Verb
plaidier
- to implore; to beg
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 *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of plaidier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plaidier | avoir plaidié | |||||
| gerund | en plaidant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | plaidant | ||||||
| past participle | plaidié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | plait | plaides | plaide | plaidons | plaidiez | plaident |
| imperfect | plaidoie, plaideie, plaidoe, plaidieve | plaidoies, plaideies, plaidoes, plaidieves | plaidoit, plaideit, plaidot, plaidieve | plaidiiens, plaidiens | plaidiiez, plaidiez | plaidoient, plaideient, plaidoent, plaidievent | |
| preterite | plaidai | plaidas | plaida | plaidames | plaidastes | plaidierent | |
| future | plaiderai | plaideras | plaidera | plaiderons | plaideroiz, plaidereiz, plaiderez | plaideront | |
| conditional | plaideroie, plaidereie | plaideroies, plaidereies | plaideroit, plaidereit | plaideriiens, plaideriens | plaideriiez, plaideriez | plaideroient, plaidereient | |
| 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 | plait | plaiz | plait | plaidons | plaidiez | plaident |
| imperfect | plaidasse | plaidasses | plaidast | plaidissons, plaidissiens | plaidissoiz, plaidissez, plaidissiez | plaidassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | plaide | — | plaidons | plaidiez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: plead (borrowed)
- French: plaider
- Norman: pliaidgi
- Romansch: pledar (borrowed)