abregier

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin abbreviāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (early) /abɾəˈd͡ʒjeːɾ/

Verb

abregier

  1. (transitive) To shorten; to make shorter
    1. To abridge; to shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense
      • 1922, Rober de Gretham, Étude sur Le miroir; ou Les évangiles des domnées de Robert de Gretham, suivie d'extraits inédits‎, →OL, page 108:
        Dame, ne vus esmerveilliez / Que les lesçuns ai abrigez
        Lady, do not be surprised / that I have abbreviated the lessons

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. This verb has a stressed present stem abrieg distinct from the unstressed stem abreg, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of abregier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive abregier avoir abregié
gerund en abrejant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle abrejant
past participle abregié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present abriege abrieges abriege abrejons abregiez abriegent
imperfect abrejoie, abregeie, abrejoe, abregieve abrejoies, abregeies, abrejoes, abregieves abrejoit, abregeit, abrejot, abregieve abregiiens, abregiens abregiiez, abregiez abrejoient, abregeient, abrejoent, abregievent
preterite abrejai abrejas abreja abrejames abrejastes abregierent
future abregerai abregeras abregera abregerons abregeroiz, abregereiz, abregerez abregeront
conditional abregeroie, abregereie abregeroies, abregereies abregeroit, abregereit abregeriiens, abregeriens abregeriiez, abregeriez abregeroient, abregereient
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 abriege abrieges abriege abrejons abregiez abriegent
imperfect abrejasse abrejasses abrejast abregissons, abregissiens abregissoiz, abregissez, abregissiez abrejassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— abriege — abrejons abregiez —

Descendants
  • French: abréger
  • → Middle English: abreggen, abrigen
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