From Vulgar Latin *molliāre (“soak”), from Latin mollis (“soft”).
moillier
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 *-oill, *-oills, *-oillt are modified to oil, ouz, out. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | moillier | avoir moillié | |||||
gerund | en moillant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | moillant | ||||||
past participle | moillié | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | moil | moilles | moille | moillons | moilliez | moillent |
imperfect | moilloie, moilleie, moilloe, moillieve | moilloies, moilleies, moilloes, moillieves | moilloit, moilleit, moillot, moillieve | moilliiens, moilliens | moilliiez, moilliez | moilloient, moilleient, moilloent, moillievent | |
preterite | moillai | moillas | moilla | moillames | moillastes | moillierent | |
future | moillerai | moilleras | moillera | moillerons | moilleroiz, moillereiz, moillerez | moilleront | |
conditional | moilleroie, moillereie | moilleroies, moillereies | moilleroit, moillereit | moilleriiens, moilleriens | moilleriiez, moilleriez | moilleroient, moillereient | |
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 | moil | mouz | mout | moillons | moilliez | moillent |
imperfect | moillasse | moillasses | moillast | moillissons, moillissiens | moillissoiz, moillissez, moillissiez | moillassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | moille | — | moillons | moilliez | — |