allaicter

Middle French

Etymology

Old French alaitier

Verb

allaicter

1. to breastfeed

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of allaicter

infinitive	simple	allaicter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	allaictant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		allaicté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	allaicte	allaictes	allaicte	allaictons	allaictez	allaictent
	imperfect	allaictois, allaictoys	allaictois, allaictoys	allaictoit, allaictoyt	allaictions, allaictyons	allaictiez, allaictyez	allaictoient, allaictoyent
	past historic	allaicta	allaictas	allaicta	allaictasmes	allaictastes	allaicterent
	future	allaicterai, allaicteray	allaicteras	allaictera	allaicterons	allaicterez	allaicteront
	conditional	allaicterois, allaicteroys	allaicterois, allaicteroys	allaicteroit, allaicteroyt	allaicterions, allaicteryons	allaicteriez, allaicteryez	allaicteroient, allaicteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	allaicte	allaictes	allaicte	allaictons	allaictez	allaictent
	imperfect	allaictasse	allaictasses	allaictast	allaictassions	allaictassiez	allaictassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	allaicte	—	allaictons	allaictez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: allaiter