pillier

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English

Adjective

pillier

  1. comparative form of pilly: more pilly

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *piliāre, from Late Latin pilāre (“to remove hair”), present active infinitive of pilō, from Latin pilus, or alternatively from a derivative of Latin pilleus. Compare Old Occitan pilhar, Italian pigliare.

Verb

pillier

  1. to plunder; to pillage

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. The forms that would normally end in *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of pillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive pillier avoir pillié
gerund en pillant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle pillant
past participle pillié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present pil pilles pille pillons pilliez pillent
imperfect pilloie, pilleie, pilloe, pillieve pilloies, pilleies, pilloes, pillieves pilloit, pilleit, pillot, pillieve pilliiens, pilliens pilliiez, pilliez pilloient, pilleient, pilloent, pillievent
preterite pillai pillas pilla pillames pillastes pillierent
future pillerai pilleras pillera pillerons pilleroiz, pillereiz, pillerez pilleront
conditional pilleroie, pillereie pilleroies, pillereies pilleroit, pillereit pilleriiens, pilleriens pilleriiez, pilleriez pilleroient, pillereient
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 pil piz pit pillons pilliez pillent
imperfect pillasse pillasses pillast pillissons, pillissiens pillissoiz, pillissez, pillissiez pillassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— pille — pillons pilliez —

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Descendants

  • Middle French: piller
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