saillir

• IPA^(key): /sa.jiʁ/

Inherited from Middle French saillir, from Old French saillir, salir, from Latin salīre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥-ye-.

saillir

1. (archaic, chiefly of a liquid) to spurt
2. (archaic) to sire (to procreate)

This verb is part of a small group of verbs in -ir that conjugate in the indicative imperfect and present, the subjunctive present, and the present participle, as if they ended in -er. They are sometimes written with an 'e' in the future and imperfect, like cueillir and other verbs in -llir. This verb is conjugated only in the third person.

saillir

1. to stick out, bulge out, jut out

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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

From Old French salir, from Latin salīre, present active infinitive of saliō.

saillir

1. to jump
2. (figuratively) to fly through the air, to get knocked into the air
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 15:

     faisant saillir le sang des chairs

     making the blood fly through the air out of their flesh

• assaillir

• French: saillir

saillir

1. alternative infinitive of salir.

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• assaillir
• tressaillir

• French: saillir