eschaper

Old French

Alternative forms

escaper (Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excappāre or *excapāre, present active infinitives of *excappō, *excapō, from ex- + Late Latin cappa.

Verb

eschaper

to evade; to avoid

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ps, *-pt are modified to s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		eschaper			avoir eschapé
gerund		en eschapant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		eschapant
past participle		eschapé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	eschap	eschapes	eschape	eschapons	eschapez	eschapent
	imperfect	eschapoie, eschapeie, eschapoe, eschapeve	eschapoies, eschapeies, eschapoes, eschapeves	eschapoit, eschapeit, eschapot, eschapeve	eschapiiens, eschapiens	eschapiiez, eschapiez	eschapoient, eschapeient, eschapoent, eschapevent
	preterite	eschapai	eschapas	eschapa	eschapames	eschapastes	eschaperent
	future	eschaperai	eschaperas	eschapera	eschaperons	eschaperoiz, eschapereiz, eschaperez	eschaperont
	conditional	eschaperoie, eschapereie	eschaperoies, eschapereies	eschaperoit, eschapereit	eschaperiiens, eschaperiens	eschaperiiez, eschaperiez	eschaperoient, eschapereient
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	eschap	eschas	eschat	eschapons	eschapez	eschapent
simple tenses	imperfect	eschapasse	eschapasses	eschapast	eschapissons, eschapissiens	eschapissoiz, eschapissez, eschapissiez	eschapassent
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		—	eschape	—	eschapons	eschapez	—

Related terms

chape

Descendants

English: to escape (borrowed through the Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant escaper)
Middle French: eschapper
- French: échapper
Norman: êcapper

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