cacier

Old French

Verb

cacier

1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of cachier- to hide
   • c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Guendoliene fu iriee
     De ce qu'ensi en fu caciee

     Gwendoline was furious
     about what was hidden

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 *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of cacier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cacier			avoir cacié
gerund		en caçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		caçant
past participle		cacié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	caz	caces	cace	caçons	caciez	cacent
	imperfect	caçoie, caceie, caçoe, cacieve	caçoies, caceies, caçoes, cacieves	caçoit, caceit, caçot, cacieve	caciiens, caciens	caciiez, caciez	caçoient, caceient, caçoent, cacievent
	preterite	caçai	caças	caça	caçames	caçastes	cacierent
	future	cacerai	caceras	cacera	cacerons	caceroiz, cacereiz, cacerez	caceront
	conditional	caceroie, cacereie	caceroies, cacereies	caceroit, cacereit	caceriiens, caceriens	caceriiez, caceriez	caceroient, cacereient
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	caz	caz	cazt	caçons	caciez	cacent
	imperfect	caçasse	caçasses	caçast	cacissons, cacissiens	cacissoiz, cacissez, cacissiez	caçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cace	—	caçons	caciez	—

See also

• chacier