gaitier
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”)). Compare Anglo-Norman waiter from the Old Northern French variant.
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 *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gaitier | avoir gaitié | |||||
| gerund | en gaitant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | gaitant | ||||||
| past participle | gaitié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | gait | gaites | gaite | gaitons | gaitiez | gaitent |
| imperfect | gaitoie, gaiteie, gaitoe, gaitieve | gaitoies, gaiteies, gaitoes, gaitieves | gaitoit, gaiteit, gaitot, gaitieve | gaitiiens, gaitiens | gaitiiez, gaitiez | gaitoient, gaiteient, gaitoent, gaitievent | |
| preterite | gaitai | gaitas | gaita | gaitames | gaitastes | gaitierent | |
| future | gaiterai | gaiteras | gaitera | gaiterons | gaiteroiz, gaitereiz, gaiterez | gaiteront | |
| conditional | gaiteroie, gaitereie | gaiteroies, gaitereies | gaiteroit, gaitereit | gaiteriiens, gaiteriens | gaiteriiez, gaiteriez | gaiteroient, gaitereient | |
| 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 | gait | gaiz | gait | gaitons | gaitiez | gaitent |
| imperfect | gaitasse | gaitasses | gaitast | gaitissons, gaitissiens | gaitissoiz, gaitissez, gaitissiez | gaitassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | gaite | — | gaitons | gaitiez | — | ||
Derived terms
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