bailli
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Conjugation of the verb « bailli » in Norman
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French bailif (nominative singular bailis), itself from baillir or baillier, or from Vulgar Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Latin baiulus.
Pronunciation
Noun
bailli m (plural baillis)
- (historical) a bailiff: an appointee of the king administering certain districts of northern France in the medieval period
Further reading
- “bailli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French baillier, from Latin bāiulāre, present active infinitive of bāiulō (“I carry a burden”), from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).
Verb
bailli
Conjugation
Conjugation of the verb « bailli » in Norman| infinitive | bailli | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | baillaunt | ||||||
| auxiliary | avaer1 | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | bailli | baillie | |||||
| plural | baillis | baillies | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | je (j') | tu (t') | il, alle, nos |
je (nos) |
vos | il, alles | |
| present | bâle | bâles | bâle | bailloums | bailliz | bâlent | |
| imperfect | bailleis | bailleis | bailleit | baillioums | bailliaez | bailleient | |
| preterite | baillis | baillis | baillît | baillîmes | baillîtes | baillîtent | |
| future | baillerai | bailleras | baillera | bailleroums | bailleraez | baillerount | |
| conditional | baillereis | baillereis | baillereit | baillerioums | bailleriaez | baillereient | |
| subjunctive | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il, qu'alle, que nos |
que je (que nos) |
que vos | qu'il, qu'alles | |
| present | bâle | bâles | bâle | baillioums | bailliaez | bâlent | |
| imperfect | baillisse | baillisses | baillisse | baillissioums | baillissiaez | baillîtent | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | je (nos) |
vos | — | |
| bâle | bailloums | bailliz | |||||
| 1Used with past participles. | |||||||
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
- prendre (“to take”)
Derived terms
- bailli eune cliamuse (“to slap in the face”)
- bailli eune paffe (“to smack”)
- bailli un co d'poing (“to punch”)
Etymology 2
From Old French bailif, from Late Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Classical Latin bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).
Noun
bailli m (plural baillis)