coillir

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Formed analogically, with the verbal suffix -ir, from cueil, stressed conjugated form of the original cueudre, cueildre, cueldre, from Latin colligere, present active infinitive of colligō (“collect”), from con- (“with, together”) + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”).

Pronunciation

Verb

coillir

  1. to pick (of a flower, to detach from the rest of the plant)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem cueill distinct from the unstressed stem coill, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of coillir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive coillir avoir coilli
gerund en coillant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle coillant
past participle coilli
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present cueil cueuz cueut coillons coilliez cueillent
imperfect coilloie, coilleie coilloies, coilleies coilloit, coilleit coilliiens, coilliens coilliiez, coilliez coilloient, coilleient
preterite coilli coillis coilli coillimes coillistes coillirent
future cueudrai cueudras cueudra cueudrons cueudroiz, cueudreiz, cueudrez cueudront
conditional cueudroie, cueudreie cueudroies, cueudreies cueudroit, cueudreit cueudriiens, cueudriens cueudriiez, cueudriez cueudroient, cueudreient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present cueille, colge cueilles, colges cueille, colge coilliens, coillons, cueilliens, cueillons, colgiens, coljons coilliez, cueilliez, colgiez cueillent, colgent
imperfect coillisse coillisses coillist coillissons, coillissiens coillissoiz, coillissez, coillissiez coillissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— cueil — coillons coilliez —

Descendants

  • French: cueillir
  • Norman: tchilyi

References

  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 151
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