bailli

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bailif (nominative singular bailis), itself from baillir or baillier, or from Vulgar Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Latin baiulus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.ji/
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Noun

bailli m (plural baillis, feminine baillive)

(historical) a bailiff: an appointee of the king administering certain districts of northern France in the medieval period

Further reading

“bailli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French baillier, from Latin bāiulāre, present active infinitive of bāiulō (“I carry a burden”), from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).

Verb

bailli

(France, Jersey) to give

Conjugation

Conjugation of the verb « bailli » in Norman

		singular			plural
infinitive			bailli
gerund			baillaunt
auxiliary			avaer¹
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bailli		baillie
		plural		baillis		baillies
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	il, alle, nos	je (nos)	vos	il, alles
	present	bâle	bâles	bâle	bailloums	bailliz	bâlent
	imperfect	bailleis	bailleis	bailleit	baillioums	bailliaez	bailleient
	preterite	baillis	baillis	baillît	baillîmes	baillîtes	baillîtent
	future	baillerai	bailleras	baillera	bailleroums	bailleraez	baillerount
	conditional	baillereis	baillereis	baillereit	baillerioums	bailleriaez	baillereient

subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il, qu'alle, que nos	que je (que nos)	que vos	qu'il, qu'alles
	present	bâle	bâles	bâle	baillioums	bailliaez	bâlent
	imperfect	baillisse	baillisses	baillisse	baillissioums	baillissiaez	baillîtent

imperative		—	tu	—	je (nos)	vos	—
imperative			bâle		bailloums	bailliz
¹Used with past participles.

Alternative forms

baillier (Guernsey)

Synonyms

donner

Antonyms

prendre (“to take”)

Derived terms

bailli eune cliamuse (“to slap in the face”)
bailli eune paffe (“to smack”)
bailli un co d'poing (“to punch”)

Etymology 2

From Old French bailif, from Late Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Classical Latin bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).

Noun

bailli m (plural baillis)

(Jersey, law) bailiff

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