couchier

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Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre (“set in place”).

Verb

couchier

  1. (Guernsey) to go to bed
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 517:
      Il est niais coume Dadais qui se couachait dans l'iaue d'paeur d'être mouailli.
      He is as foolish as Dadais who lay down in the water to avoid getting wet in a shower.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin collocāre.

Verb

couchier

  1. lay down
  2. (reflexive, se couchier) go to bed
  3. (by extension) have sex

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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of couchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive couchier avoir couchié
gerund en couchant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle couchant
past participle couchié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present couche couches couche couchons couchiez couchent
imperfect couchoie, coucheie, couchoe, couchieve couchoies, coucheies, couchoes, couchieves couchoit, coucheit, couchot, couchieve couchiiens, couchiens couchiiez, couchiez couchoient, coucheient, couchoent, couchievent
preterite couchai couchas coucha couchames couchastes couchierent
future coucherai coucheras couchera coucherons coucheroiz, couchereiz, coucherez coucheront
conditional coucheroie, couchereie coucheroies, couchereies coucheroit, couchereit coucheriiens, coucheriens coucheriiez, coucheriez coucheroient, couchereient
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 couche couches couche couchons couchiez couchent
imperfect couchasse couchasses couchast couchissons, couchissiens couchissoiz, couchissez, couchissiez couchassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— couche — couchons couchiez —

Descendants

Noun

couchier oblique singular, m (oblique plural couchiers, nominative singular couchiers, nominative plural couchier)

  1. bedtime (point at which one goes to bed)
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