amercier

Old French

Verb

amercier

1. to amerce (impose a penalty such as a fine)

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. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		amercier			avoir amercié
gerund		en amerçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		amerçant
past participle		amercié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	amerz	amerces	amerce	amerçons	amerciez	amercent
	imperfect	amerçoie, amerceie, amerçoe, amercieve	amerçoies, amerceies, amerçoes, amercieves	amerçoit, amerceit, amerçot, amercieve	amerciiens, amerciens	amerciiez, amerciez	amerçoient, amerceient, amerçoent, amercievent
	preterite	amerçai	amerças	amerça	amerçames	amerçastes	amercierent
	future	amercerai	amerceras	amercera	amercerons	amerceroiz, amercereiz, amercerez	amerceront
	conditional	amerceroie, amercereie	amerceroies, amercereies	amerceroit, amercereit	amerceriiens, amerceriens	amerceriiez, amerceriez	amerceroient, amercereient
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	amerz	amerz	amerzt	amerçons	amerciez	amercent
	imperfect	amerçasse	amerçasses	amerçast	amercissons, amercissiens	amercissoiz, amercissez, amercissiez	amerçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	amerce	—	amerçons	amerciez	—