recercer

Old French

Verb

recercer

1. (early Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of recerchier

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 recercer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		recercer			avoir recercé
gerund		en recerçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		recerçant
past participle		recercé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	recerz	recerces	recerce	recerçons	recercez	recercent
	imperfect	recerçoie, recerceie, recerçoe, recerceve	recerçoies, recerceies, recerçoes, recerceves	recerçoit, recerceit, recerçot, recerceve	recerciiens, recerciens	recerciiez, recerciez	recerçoient, recerceient, recerçoent, recercevent
	preterite	recerçai	recerças	recerça	recerçames	recerçastes	recercerent
	future	recercerai	recerceras	recercera	recercerons	recerceroiz, recercereiz, recercerez	recerceront
	conditional	recerceroie, recercereie	recerceroies, recercereies	recerceroit, recercereit	recerceriiens, recerceriens	recerceriiez, recerceriez	recerceroient, recercereient
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	recerz	recerz	recerzt	recerçons	recercez	recercent
	imperfect	recerçasse	recerçasses	recerçast	recercissons, recercissiens	recercissoiz, recercissez, recercissiez	recerçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	recerce	—	recerçons	recercez	—