ploiier

Old French

Alternative forms

• pleier

Etymology

From Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō.

Verb

ploiier

1. to fold

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. This verb has a stressed present stem pli distinct from the unstressed stem ploi, 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 ploiier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ploiier			avoir ploiié
gerund		en ploiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		ploiant
past participle		ploiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pli, ploi	plïes, ploies	plïe, ploie	ploions	ploiiez, ploiez	plïent, ploient
	imperfect	ploioie, ploieie, ploioe, ploiieve, ploieve	ploioies, ploieies, ploioes, ploiieves, ploieves	ploioit, ploieit, ploiot, ploiieve, ploieve	ploiiiens, ploiiens	ploiiiez, ploiiez	ploioient, ploieient, ploioent, ploiievent, ploievent
	preterite	ploiai	ploias	ploia	ploiames	ploiastes	ploiierent
	future	ploierai	ploieras	ploiera	ploierons	ploieroiz, ploiereiz, ploierez	ploieront
	conditional	ploieroie, ploiereie	ploieroies, ploiereies	ploieroit, ploiereit	ploieriiens, ploieriens	ploieriiez, ploieriez	ploieroient, ploiereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	pli, ploi	plis, plois	plit, ploit	ploions	ploiiez, ploiez	plïent, ploient
	imperfect	ploiasse	ploiasses	ploiast	ploiissons, ploiissiens	ploiissoiz, ploiissez, ploiissiez	ploiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	plïe, ploie	—	ploions	ploiiez, ploiez	—

Related terms

• desploiier
• reploier

Descendants

• Champenois: ployer
• Middle French: plier, ployer
  • → English: ply
  • French: plier, ployer