soloir
Old French
Alternative forms
- souloir
Etymology
From Latin solēre, present active infinitive of soleō.
Verb
soloir
- to have a custom; to usually do
Usage notes
- While the infinitive is only attested in Latin-French glossaries, soloir is copiously attested through its conjugated forms such as soloit and soloient.
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of soloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | soloir | avoir solu | |||||
| gerund | en solant, soillant, sueillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | solant, soillant, sueillant | ||||||
| past participle | solu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | soil, sueil, suel | sueus, sues | sueut, suet | solons | solez | suelent, solent |
| imperfect | soloie, soleie | soloies, soleies | soloit, soleit | soliiens, soliens | soliiez, soliez | soloient, soleient | |
| preterite | soil, sol, sous, soli, sousi | solis, sousis | sout, soust, soli, sousi | solimes, sousimes | solistes, sousistes | soudrent, solrent, soustrent, solirent, sousirent | |
| future | soudrai | soudras | soudra | soudrons | soudroiz, soudreiz, soudrez | soudront | |
| conditional | soudroie, soudreie | soudroies, soudreies | soudroit, soudreit | soudriiens, soudriens | soudriiez, soudriez | soudroient, soudreient | |
| 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 | sueille | sueilles | sueille | soilliens, soillons, sueilliens, sueillons | soilliez, sueilliez | sueillent |
| imperfect | solisse, sousisse | solisses, sousisses | solist, sousist | solissons, solissiens, sousissons, sousissiens | solissoiz, solissez, solissiez, sousissoiz, sousissez, sousissiez | solissent, sousissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | sueilles | — | sueilliens, sueillons | sueilliez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: souloir
- French: souloir (archaic)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (souloir)
- soloir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “solēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 12: Sk–š, page 45