alumer
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *allumināre, from Classical Latin illūminō, illūmināre (“illuminate, light up, brighten”), or from ad- + lūminō. Equivalent to Old French a- + lum + -er.
Verb
alumer
- to light up (provide with light)
- (figuratively) to set fire to
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of alumer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | alumer | avoir alumé | |||||
gerund | en alumant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | alumant | ||||||
past participle | alumé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | alum | alumes | alume | alumons | alumez | alument |
imperfect | alumoie, alumeie, alumoe, alumeve | alumoies, alumeies, alumoes, alumeves | alumoit, alumeit, alumot, alumeve | alumiiens, alumiens | alumiiez, alumiez | alumoient, alumeient, alumoent, alumevent | |
preterite | alumai | alumas | aluma | alumames | alumastes | alumerent | |
future | alumerai | alumeras | alumera | alumerons | alumeroiz, alumereiz, alumerez | alumeront | |
conditional | alumeroie, alumereie | alumeroies, alumereies | alumeroit, alumereit | alumeriiens, alumeriens | alumeriiez, alumeriez | alumeroient, alumereient | |
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 | alum | aluns | alunt | alumons | alumez | alument |
imperfect | alumasse | alumasses | alumast | alumissons, alumissiens | alumissoiz, alumissez, alumissiez | alumassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | alume | — | alumons | alumez | — |
Descendants
Categories:
- Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French terms prefixed with a-
- Old French terms suffixed with -er
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-a preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -er