deslacer

Middle French

Etymology

Old French deslacier.

Verb

deslacer

1. to unlace (unfasten something that is laced)

Conjugation

• As parler except c becomes ç before a and o. May remain c in older manuscripts.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of deslacer

infinitive	simple	deslacer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	delaçant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		delacé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	delace	delaces	delace	delaçons	delacez	delacent
	imperfect	delaçois, delaçoys	delaçois, delaçoys	delaçoit, delaçoyt	delacions, delaçons	delaciez, delacyez	delaçoient, delaçoyent
	past historic	delaça	delaças	delaça	delaçasmes	delaçastes	delacerent
	future	delacerai, delaceray	delaceras	delacera	delacerons	delacerez	delaceront
	conditional	delacerois, delaceroys	delacerois, delaceroys	delaceroit, delaceroyt	delacerions, delaceryons	delaceriez, delaceryez	delaceroient, delaceroyent
(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	delace	delaces	delace	delaçons	delacez	delacent
	imperfect	delaçasse	delaçasses	delaçast	delaçassions	delaçassiez	delaçassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	delace	—	delaçons	delacez	—
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: délacer

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Old French

Verb

deslacer

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of deslacier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. 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 deslacer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		deslacer			avoir deslacé
gerund		en deslaçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		deslaçant
past participle		deslacé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	deslaz	deslaces	deslace	deslaçons	deslacez	deslacent
	imperfect	deslaçoie, deslaceie, deslaçoe, deslaceve	deslaçoies, deslaceies, deslaçoes, deslaceves	deslaçoit, deslaceit, deslaçot, deslaceve	deslaciiens, deslaciens	deslaciiez, deslaciez	deslaçoient, deslaceient, deslaçoent, deslacevent
	preterite	deslaçai	deslaças	deslaça	deslaçames	deslaçastes	deslacerent
	future	deslacerai	deslaceras	deslacera	deslacerons	deslaceroiz, deslacereiz, deslacerez	deslaceront
	conditional	deslaceroie, deslacereie	deslaceroies, deslacereies	deslaceroit, deslacereit	deslaceriiens, deslaceriens	deslaceriiez, deslaceriez	deslaceroient, deslacereient
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	deslaz	deslaz	deslazt	deslaçons	deslacez	deslacent
	imperfect	deslaçasse	deslaçasses	deslaçast	deslacissons, deslacissiens	deslacissoiz, deslacissez, deslacissiez	deslaçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	deslace	—	deslaçons	deslacez	—

Descendants

• French: délacer