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.
bailli m (plural baillis, feminine baillive)
From Old French baillier, from Latin bāiulāre (“to carry a burden”), from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).
bailli
infinitive | bailli | ||||||
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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 | jeo (j') | tu (t') | il, elle, on |
nos | vos | il, elles | |
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 jeo (j') | que tu (t') | qu'il, qu'elle, qu'on |
que nos | que vos | qu'il, qu'elles | |
present | bâle | bâles | bâle | baillioums | bailliaez | bâlent | |
imperfect | baillisse | baillisses | baillisse | baillissioums | baillissiaez | baillîtent | |
imperative | — | tu | — | nos | vos | — | |
bâle | bailloums | bailliz | |||||
1Used with past participles. 2Archaic or literary forms. |
From Old French bailif, from Late Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Classical Latin bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).
bailli m (plural baillis)