nagier
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Reduced form of Latin navigāre, present active infinitive of navigō. Compare also noer (“to swim”).
Verb
nagier
- (of a boat) to sail; to cross water
- circa 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 674:
- E l'aneme est notuner, e la nef cors que dait nager
- to sail (to guide a watercraft)
- (of a person) to swim
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
- Li uns des .ii. homes najoit
- One of the two men was swimming
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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of nagier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | nagier | avoir nagié | |||||
gerund | en najant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | najant | ||||||
past participle | nagié | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | nage | nages | nage | najons | nagiez | nagent |
imperfect | najoie, nageie, najoe, nagieve | najoies, nageies, najoes, nagieves | najoit, nageit, najot, nagieve | nagiiens, nagiens | nagiiez, nagiez | najoient, nageient, najoent, nagievent | |
preterite | najai | najas | naja | najames | najastes | nagierent | |
future | nagerai | nageras | nagera | nagerons | nageroiz, nagereiz, nagerez | nageront | |
conditional | nageroie, nagereie | nageroies, nagereies | nageroit, nagereit | nageriiens, nageriens | nageriiez, nageriez | nageroient, nagereient | |
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 | nage | nages | nage | najons | nagiez | nagent |
imperfect | najasse | najasses | najast | nagissons, nagissiens | nagissoiz, nagissez, nagissiez | najassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | nage | — | najons | nagiez | — |
Synonyms
- (to swim): noer
Descendants
References
- “nager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.