aracher

Middle French

Etymology

Old French arachier.

Verb

aracher

1. to pull off (remove by force)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of aracher

infinitive	simple	aracher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	arachant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		araché
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	arache	araches	arache	arachons	arachez	arachent
	imperfect	arachois, arachoys	arachois, arachoys	arachoit, arachoyt	arachions, arachyons	arachiez, arachyez	arachoient, arachoyent
	past historic	aracha	arachas	aracha	arachasmes	arachastes	aracherent
	future	aracherai, aracheray	aracheras	arachera	aracherons	aracherez	aracheront
	conditional	aracherois, aracheroys	aracherois, aracheroys	aracheroit, aracheroyt	aracherions, aracheryons	aracheriez, aracheryez	aracheroient, aracheroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	arache	araches	arache	arachons	arachez	arachent
	imperfect	arachasse	arachasses	arachast	arachassions	arachassiez	arachassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	arache	—	arachons	arachez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: arracher