esfacier

Old French

Alternative forms

• esfacer

Etymology

By surface analysis, es- +‎ face +‎ -ier, perhaps corresponding to a Vulgar Latin exfaciāre (literally “deface”), from Latin faciēs (“face, visage”). Parallel to, or cognate with, Italian sfacciare. (The semantics, however, suggest separate developments.) Less likely related to Galician esfachar.

Verb

esfacier

1. to remove; to delete

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 esfacier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		esfacier			avoir esfacié
gerund		en esfaçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esfaçant
past participle		esfacié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esfaz	esfaces	esface	esfaçons	esfaciez	esfacent
	imperfect	esfaçoie, esfaceie, esfaçoe, esfacieve	esfaçoies, esfaceies, esfaçoes, esfacieves	esfaçoit, esfaceit, esfaçot, esfacieve	esfaciiens, esfaciens	esfaciiez, esfaciez	esfaçoient, esfaceient, esfaçoent, esfacievent
	preterite	esfaçai	esfaças	esfaça	esfaçames	esfaçastes	esfacierent
	future	esfacerai	esfaceras	esfacera	esfacerons	esfaceroiz, esfacereiz, esfacerez	esfaceront
	conditional	esfaceroie, esfacereie	esfaceroies, esfacereies	esfaceroit, esfacereit	esfaceriiens, esfaceriens	esfaceriiez, esfaceriez	esfaceroient, esfacereient
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	esfaz	esfaz	esfazt	esfaçons	esfaciez	esfacent
	imperfect	esfaçasse	esfaçasses	esfaçast	esfacissons, esfacissiens	esfacissoiz, esfacissez, esfacissiez	esfaçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esface	—	esfaçons	esfaciez	—

Descendants

• French: effacer