porchacier

Old French

Alternative forms

• purchacer (Anglo-Normand)

Etymology

por- +‎ chacier.

Verb

porchacier

1. to buy

   Synonym: acheter

   Antonym: vendre

2. to follow; to pursue

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 porchacier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		porchacier			avoir porchacié
gerund		en porchaçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		porchaçant
past participle		porchacié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	porchaz	porchaces	porchace	porchaçons	porchaciez	porchacent
	imperfect	porchaçoie, porchaceie, porchaçoe, porchacieve	porchaçoies, porchaceies, porchaçoes, porchacieves	porchaçoit, porchaceit, porchaçot, porchacieve	porchaciiens, porchaciens	porchaciiez, porchaciez	porchaçoient, porchaceient, porchaçoent, porchacievent
	preterite	porchaçai	porchaças	porchaça	porchaçames	porchaçastes	porchacierent
	future	porchacerai	porchaceras	porchacera	porchacerons	porchaceroiz, porchacereiz, porchacerez	porchaceront
	conditional	porchaceroie, porchacereie	porchaceroies, porchacereies	porchaceroit, porchacereit	porchaceriiens, porchaceriens	porchaceriiez, porchaceriez	porchaceroient, porchacereient
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	porchaz	porchaz	porchazt	porchaçons	porchaciez	porchacent
	imperfect	porchaçasse	porchaçasses	porchaçast	porchacissons, porchacissiens	porchacissoiz, porchacissez, porchacissiez	porchaçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	porchace	—	porchaçons	porchaciez	—

Descendants

• English: purchase
• French: pourchasser