tochier
Old French
Alternative forms
- touchier, tucher
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, of Germanic or possibly onomatopoetic origin.
Verb
tochier
- (transitive) to touch
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 tochier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tochier | avoir tochié | |||||
| gerund | en tochant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tochant | ||||||
| past participle | tochié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | toche | toches | toche | tochons | tochiez | tochent |
| imperfect | tochoie, tocheie, tochoe, tochieve | tochoies, tocheies, tochoes, tochieves | tochoit, tocheit, tochot, tochieve | tochiiens, tochiens | tochiiez, tochiez | tochoient, tocheient, tochoent, tochievent | |
| preterite | tochai | tochas | tocha | tochames | tochastes | tochierent | |
| future | tocherai | tocheras | tochera | tocherons | tocheroiz, tochereiz, tocherez | tocheront | |
| conditional | tocheroie, tochereie | tocheroies, tochereies | tocheroit, tochereit | tocheriiens, tocheriens | tocheriiez, tocheriez | tocheroient, tochereient | |
| 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 | toche | toches | toche | tochons | tochiez | tochent |
| imperfect | tochasse | tochasses | tochast | tochissons, tochissiens | tochissoiz, tochissez, tochissiez | tochassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | toche | — | tochons | tochiez | — | ||
Derived terms
- atochier
Descendants
- Middle French: toucher
- French: toucher
- Norman: touchi (Jersiais)
- Picard: toucheu, touchie (Athois)
- Walloon: touchî (Charleroi), toucher (Liégeois)
- → Dutch: toetsen
- → Middle English: touchen, towchen, tochen
- English: touch
- (possibly) → West Frisian: tútsje