taillier

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin tāliāre, a verb based on Latin tālea (“cutting taken from a plant”).

Verb

taillier

1. to cut
2. to shape

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 *-aill, *-aills, *-aillt are modified to ail, auz, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		taillier			avoir taillié
gerund		en taillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		taillant
past participle		taillié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tail	tailles	taille	taillons	tailliez	taillent
	imperfect	tailloie, tailleie, tailloe, taillieve	tailloies, tailleies, tailloes, taillieves	tailloit, tailleit, taillot, taillieve	tailliiens, tailliens	tailliiez, tailliez	tailloient, tailleient, tailloent, taillievent
	preterite	taillai	taillas	tailla	taillames	taillastes	taillierent
	future	taillerai	tailleras	taillera	taillerons	tailleroiz, taillereiz, taillerez	tailleront
	conditional	tailleroie, taillereie	tailleroies, taillereies	tailleroit, taillereit	tailleriiens, tailleriens	tailleriiez, tailleriez	tailleroient, taillereient
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	tail	tauz	taut	taillons	tailliez	taillent
	imperfect	taillasse	taillasses	taillast	taillissons, taillissiens	taillissoiz, taillissez, taillissiez	taillassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	taille	—	taillons	tailliez	—

Derived terms

• taillié
• tailleor, tailleoir
  • Middle French: tailloir (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Middle French: tailler
  • French: tailler
• Norman: tailli
• Walloon: taeyî
• → Middle English: taillen
  • English: tail
• → Middle English: talyen
  • English: tally
  • Scots: tailȝe, taile