trenchier
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“cut in three parts”), with the root trini from tres, based on the model of duplicāre; alternatively from an alteration of Latin truncāre, also possibly influenced by or crossed with a Gaulish *trincare (“to cut (the head)”). Compare also Old Occitan trencar.
Verb
trenchier
- to cut (make an incision)
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. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | trenchier | avoir trenchié | |||||
gerund | en trenchant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | trenchant | ||||||
past participle | trenchié | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | trenche | trenches | trenche | trenchons | trenchiez | trenchent |
imperfect | trenchoie, trencheie, trenchoe, trenchieve | trenchoies, trencheies, trenchoes, trenchieves | trenchoit, trencheit, trenchot, trenchieve | trenchiiens, trenchiens | trenchiiez, trenchiez | trenchoient, trencheient, trenchoent, trenchievent | |
preterite | trenchai | trenchas | trencha | trenchames | trenchastes | trenchierent | |
future | trencherai | trencheras | trenchera | trencherons | trencheroiz, trenchereiz, trencherez | trencheront | |
conditional | trencheroie, trenchereie | trencheroies, trenchereies | trencheroit, trenchereit | trencheriiens, trencheriens | trencheriiez, trencheriez | trencheroient, trenchereient | |
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 | trenche | trenches | trenche | trenchons | trenchiez | trenchent |
imperfect | trenchasse | trenchasses | trenchast | trenchissons, trenchissiens | trenchissoiz, trenchissez, trenchissiez | trenchassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | trenche | — | trenchons | trenchiez | — |
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:trenchier.