gesir

See also: gésir

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French gesir.

Verb

gesir

1. to lie down
2. to lay with (have sex)

Descendants

• French: gésir

References

• gesir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• gisir

Etymology

From Latin jacēre, iacēre, present active infinitive of iaceō.

Verb

gesir

1. (intransitive) to lie down (horizontally)
2. (by extension) to rest, to take rest

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		gesir			avoir geü
gerund		en gisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		gisant
past participle		geü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	gis	gis	gist	gisons	gisiez	gisent
	imperfect	gisoie, giseie	gisoies, giseies	gisoit, giseit	gisiiens, gisiens	gisiiez, gisiez	gisoient, giseient
	preterite	jui	geüs	jut	geümes	geüstes	jurent
	future	gerrai, girrai	gerras, girras	gerra, girra	gerrons, girrons	gerroiz, gerreiz, gerrez, girroiz, girreiz, girrez	gerront, girront
	conditional	gerroie, gerreie, girroie, girreie	gerroies, gerreies, girroies, girreies	gerroit, gerreit, girroit, girreit	gerriiens, gerriens, girriiens, girriens	gerriiez, gerriez, girriiez, girriez	gerroient, gerreient, girroient, girreient
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	gise	gises	gise	gisiens, gisons	gisiez	gisent
	imperfect	geüsse	geüsses	geüst	geüssons, geüssiens	geüssoiz, geüssez, geüssiez	geüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	gis	—	gisons	gisiez	—

Descendants

• English: gist (from the third person singular present)
• Middle French: gesir
  • French: gésir