babillier
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a root *bab- (compare also Middle French baboyer (“to mumble”)), probably of Germanic origin, from Old Dutch *babōn, *babelōn (“to mumble, chatter, babble”), from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”).
Cognate with Dutch babben (“to babble”), Dutch babbelen (“to babble”), German pappeln (“to stammer, babble”), Icelandic babba and babla (“to babble”). More at babble.
Verb
[edit]babillier
Conjugation
[edit]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. The forms that would normally end in *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | babillier | avoir babillié | |||||
| gerund | en babillant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | babillant | ||||||
| past participle | babillié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | babil | babilles | babille | babillons | babilliez | babillent |
| imperfect | babilloie, babilleie, babilloe, babillieve | babilloies, babilleies, babilloes, babillieves | babilloit, babilleit, babillot, babillieve | babilliiens, babilliens | babilliiez, babilliez | babilloient, babilleient, babilloent, babillievent | |
| preterite | babillai | babillas | babilla | babillames | babillastes | babillierent | |
| future | babillerai | babilleras | babillera | babillerons | babilleroiz, babillereiz, babillerez | babilleront | |
| conditional | babilleroie, babillereie | babilleroies, babillereies | babilleroit, babillereit | babilleriiens, babilleriens | babilleriiez, babilleriez | babilleroient, babillereient | |
| 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 | babil | babiz | babit | babillons | babilliez | babillent |
| imperfect | babillasse | babillasses | babillast | babillissons, babillissiens | babillissoiz, babillissez, babillissiez | babillassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | babille | — | babillons | babilliez | — | ||
Descendants
[edit]- French: babiller
References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (babiller, supplement)
- Old French terms derived from Germanic languages
- Old French terms derived from Old Dutch
- Old French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-a2 preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -ier