souillier

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *sulwijan (“to make or become dirty, soil”) and/or Gothic *𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*sauljan, “to make dirty, defile, pollute”).

Verb

souillier

  1. to dirty; to stain
  2. (figuratively) to tarnish (a reputation, etc.)

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 *-uill, *-uills, *-uillt are modified to uil, uz, ut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of souillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive souillier avoir souillié
gerund en souillant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle souillant
past participle souillié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present souil souilles souille souillons souilliez souillent
imperfect souilloie, souilleie, souilloe, souillieve souilloies, souilleies, souilloes, souillieves souilloit, souilleit, souillot, souillieve souilliiens, souilliens souilliiez, souilliez souilloient, souilleient, souilloent, souillievent
preterite souillai souillas souilla souillames souillastes souillierent
future souillerai souilleras souillera souillerons souilleroiz, souillereiz, souillerez souilleront
conditional souilleroie, souillereie souilleroies, souillereies souilleroit, souillereit souilleriiens, souilleriens souilleriiez, souilleriez souilleroient, souillereient
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 souil souz sout souillons souilliez souillent
imperfect souillasse souillasses souillast souillissons, souillissiens souillissoiz, souillissez, souillissiez souillassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— souille — souillons souilliez —

Descendants

  • Middle French: souiller
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