recerchier

Old French

Alternative forms

recercer, recercier, recercher

Etymology

From re- +‎ cerchier.

Verb

recerchier

to search; to look for

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.

Conjugation of recerchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		recerchier			avoir recerchié
gerund		en recerchant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		recerchant
past participle		recerchié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	recerche	recerches	recerche	recerchons	recerchiez	recerchent
	imperfect	recerchoie, recercheie, recerchoe, recerchieve	recerchoies, recercheies, recerchoes, recerchieves	recerchoit, recercheit, recerchot, recerchieve	recerchiiens, recerchiens	recerchiiez, recerchiez	recerchoient, recercheient, recerchoent, recerchievent
	preterite	recerchai	recerchas	recercha	recerchames	recerchastes	recerchierent
	future	recercherai	recercheras	recerchera	recercherons	recercheroiz, recerchereiz, recercherez	recercheront
	conditional	recercheroie, recerchereie	recercheroies, recerchereies	recercheroit, recerchereit	recercheriiens, recercheriens	recercheriiez, recercheriez	recercheroient, recerchereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	recerche	recerches	recerche	recerchons	recerchiez	recerchent
simple tenses	imperfect	recerchasse	recerchasses	recerchast	recerchissons, recerchissiens	recerchissoiz, recerchissez, recerchissiez	recerchassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	recerche	—	recerchons	recerchiez	—

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