trobler
Old French
Alternative forms
- torbler
- tourbler
- troubler
- trubler
- turbler
Etymology
With metathesis from torbler, tourbler, turbler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulō, *turbulāre, from the noun Latin turbula, diminutive form of turba, or from turbō, turbāre.
Verb
trobler
- to trouble; to disrupt; to waylay
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Molt m'an sont or troblé li oel
- My eyes troubled me a lot
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. 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 trobler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | trobler | avoir troblé | |||||
| gerund | en troblant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | troblant | ||||||
| past participle | troblé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | troble | trobles | troble | troblons | troblez | troblent |
| imperfect | trobloie, trobleie, trobloe, trobleve | trobloies, trobleies, trobloes, trobleves | trobloit, trobleit, troblot, trobleve | trobliiens, trobliens | trobliiez, trobliez | trobloient, trobleient, trobloent, troblevent | |
| preterite | troblai | troblas | trobla | troblames | troblastes | troblerent | |
| future | troblerai | trobleras | troblera | troblerons | trobleroiz, troblereiz, troblerez | trobleront | |
| conditional | trobleroie, troblereie | trobleroies, troblereies | trobleroit, troblereit | trobleriiens, trobleriens | trobleriiez, trobleriez | trobleroient, troblereient | |
| 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 | troble | trobles | troble | troblons | troblez | troblent |
| imperfect | troblasse | troblasses | troblast | troblissons, troblissiens | troblissoiz, troblissez, troblissiez | troblassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | troble | — | troblons | troblez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: trouble (borrowed)
- French: troubler