pillier
English
Adjective
pillier
- comparative form of pilly: more pilly
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from Vulgar Latin *piliāre, from Late Latin pilāre (“to remove hair”), present active infinitive of pilō, from Latin pilus, or alternatively from a derivative of Latin pilleus. Compare Old Occitan pilhar, Italian pigliare.
Verb
pillier
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. The forms that would normally end in *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of pillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | pillier | avoir pillié | |||||
gerund | en pillant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | pillant | ||||||
past participle | pillié | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | pil | pilles | pille | pillons | pilliez | pillent |
imperfect | pilloie, pilleie, pilloe, pillieve | pilloies, pilleies, pilloes, pillieves | pilloit, pilleit, pillot, pillieve | pilliiens, pilliens | pilliiez, pilliez | pilloient, pilleient, pilloent, pillievent | |
preterite | pillai | pillas | pilla | pillames | pillastes | pillierent | |
future | pillerai | pilleras | pillera | pillerons | pilleroiz, pillereiz, pillerez | pilleront | |
conditional | pilleroie, pillereie | pilleroies, pillereies | pilleroit, pillereit | pilleriiens, pilleriens | pilleriiez, pilleriez | pilleroient, pillereient | |
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 | pil | piz | pit | pillons | pilliez | pillent |
imperfect | pillasse | pillasses | pillast | pillissons, pillissiens | pillissoiz, pillissez, pillissiez | pillassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | pille | — | pillons | pilliez | — |
Related terms
Descendants
Categories:
- English non-lemma forms
- English comparative adjectives
- Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms inherited from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Late Latin
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-a2 preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -ier