chacier

chacier

Old French

Alternative forms

• chacer (chiefly Anglo-Norman)
• cachier (chiefly Anglo-Norman or Old Northern French)

Etymology

From Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō (“I capture”), from Latin captō.

Verb

chacier

1. to hunt, to go hunting

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 *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of chacier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		chacier			avoir chacié
gerund		en chaçant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		chaçant
past participle		chacié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	chaz	chaces	chace	chaçons	chaciez	chacent
	imperfect	chaçoie, chaceie, chaçoe, chacieve	chaçoies, chaceies, chaçoes, chacieves	chaçoit, chaceit, chaçot, chacieve	chaciiens, chaciens	chaciiez, chaciez	chaçoient, chaceient, chaçoent, chacievent
	preterite	chaçai	chaças	chaça	chaçames	chaçastes	chacierent
	future	chacerai	chaceras	chacera	chacerons	chaceroiz, chacereiz, chacerez	chaceront
	conditional	chaceroie, chacereie	chaceroies, chacereies	chaceroit, chacereit	chaceriiens, chaceriens	chaceriiez, chaceriez	chaceroient, chacereient
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	chaz	chaz	chazt	chaçons	chaciez	chacent
	imperfect	chaçasse	chaçasses	chaçast	chacissons, chacissiens	chacissoiz, chacissez, chacissiez	chaçassent
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	–
		—	chace	—	chaçons	chaciez	—

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: cachier
  • → Middle English: cacchen
    • English: catch
• → Anglo-Norman: chacer
  • → English: chase
• French: chasser