touchier

English

Adjective

touchier

comparative form of touchy: more touchy

Anagrams

couthier

Old French

Verb

touchier

Alternative form of tochier
- c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
  Qu'il me vit vers lui aprochier.
  Je ne soi s'il me vaut touchier[.]
  He saw me coming toward him.
  I did not know if it was worth touching him.

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 touchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		touchier			avoir touchié
gerund		en touchant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		touchant
past participle		touchié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	touche	touches	touche	touchons	touchiez	touchent
	imperfect	touchoie, toucheie, touchoe, touchieve	touchoies, toucheies, touchoes, touchieves	touchoit, toucheit, touchot, touchieve	touchiiens, touchiens	touchiiez, touchiez	touchoient, toucheient, touchoent, touchievent
	preterite	touchai	touchas	toucha	touchames	touchastes	touchierent
	future	toucherai	toucheras	touchera	toucherons	toucheroiz, touchereiz, toucherez	toucheront
	conditional	toucheroie, touchereie	toucheroies, touchereies	toucheroit, touchereit	toucheriiens, toucheriens	toucheriiez, toucheriez	toucheroient, touchereient
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	touche	touches	touche	touchons	touchiez	touchent
simple tenses	imperfect	touchasse	touchasses	touchast	touchissons, touchissiens	touchissoiz, touchissez, touchissiez	touchassent
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		—	touche	—	touchons	touchiez	—

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