coillir

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Formed analogically, with the verbal suffix -ir, from cueil, stressed conjugated form of the original cueudre, cueildre, cueldre, from Latin colligere, present active infinitive of colligō (“collect”), from con- (“with, together”) + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”).

Verb

coillir

  1. to pick (of a flower, to detach from the rest of the plant)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem cueill distinct from the unstressed stem coill, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of coillir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive coillir avoir coilli
gerund en coillant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle coillant
past participle coilli
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present cueil cueuz cueut coillons coilliez cueillent
imperfect coilloie, coilleie coilloies, coilleies coilloit, coilleit coilliiens, coilliens coilliiez, coilliez coilloient, coilleient
preterite coilli coillis coilli coillimes coillistes coillirent
future cueudrai cueudras cueudra cueudrons cueudroiz, cueudreiz, cueudrez cueudront
conditional cueudroie, cueudreie cueudroies, cueudreies cueudroit, cueudreit cueudriiens, cueudriens cueudriiez, cueudriez cueudroient, cueudreient
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 cueille, colge cueilles, colges cueille, colge coilliens, coillons, cueilliens, cueillons, colgiens, coljons coilliez, cueilliez, colgiez cueillent, colgent
imperfect coillisse coillisses coillist coillissons, coillissiens coillissoiz, coillissez, coillissiez coillissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— cueil — coillons coilliez —

Descendants

References
  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 151
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