vuidier
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *vocitāre, from vocitus < vocivus, ultimately connected to Latin vacuus; cf. also Latin viduāre.
Verb
vuidier
- (transitive or intransitive) to empty
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 vuidier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vuidier | avoir vuidié | |||||
| gerund | en vuidant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | vuidant | ||||||
| past participle | vuidié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | vuit | vuides | vuide | vuidons | vuidiez | vuident |
| imperfect | vuidoie, vuideie, vuidoe, vuidieve | vuidoies, vuideies, vuidoes, vuidieves | vuidoit, vuideit, vuidot, vuidieve | vuidiiens, vuidiens | vuidiiez, vuidiez | vuidoient, vuideient, vuidoent, vuidievent | |
| preterite | vuidai | vuidas | vuida | vuidames | vuidastes | vuidierent | |
| future | vuiderai | vuideras | vuidera | vuiderons | vuideroiz, vuidereiz, vuiderez | vuideront | |
| conditional | vuideroie, vuidereie | vuideroies, vuidereies | vuideroit, vuidereit | vuideriiens, vuideriens | vuideriiez, vuideriez | vuideroient, vuidereient | |
| 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 | vuit | vuiz | vuit | vuidons | vuidiez | vuident |
| imperfect | vuidasse | vuidasses | vuidast | vuidissons, vuidissiens | vuidissoiz, vuidissez, vuidissiez | vuidassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | vuide | — | vuidons | vuidiez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle English: voide, voidee (borrowed)
- English: void, voidee
- French: vider
- Norman: viédgi (Jersey), vièdjer (Guernsey)