paiier

Old French

Alternative forms

paier

Etymology

From Latin pācāre, present active infinitive of pācō.

Verb

paiier

to pay (purchase using money)
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
  Ele paioit por li la dete.
  She paid the debt for 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. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		paiier			avoir paiié
gerund		en paiant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		paiant
past participle		paiié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pai	paies	paie	paions	paiiez	paient
	imperfect	paioie, paieie, paioe, paiieve	paioies, paieies, paioes, paiieves	paioit, paieit, paiot, paiieve	paiiiens, paiiens	paiiiez, paiiez	paioient, paieient, paioent, paiievent
	preterite	paiai	paias	paia	paiames	paiastes	paiierent
	future	paierai	paieras	paiera	paierons	paieroiz, paiereiz, paierez	paieront
	conditional	paieroie, paiereie	paieroies, paiereies	paieroit, paiereit	paieriiens, paieriens	paieriiez, paieriez	paieroient, paiereient
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	pai	pais	pait	paions	paiiez	paient
simple tenses	imperfect	paiasse	paiasses	paiast	paiissons, paiissiens	paiissoiz, paiissez, paiissiez	paiassent
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		—	paie	—	paions	paiiez	—

Descendants

Middle French: payer
- French: payer
- → Dutch: paaien (possibly)
Norman: payer, payi
→ Middle English: payen
- English: pay
  - Sranan Tongo: paysa
  - → Scottish Gaelic: pàigh
- Scots: pey

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