soucyer

Middle French

Alternative forms

• soucier

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin sollicitāre, present active infinitive of sollicitō.

Verb

soucyer

1. (reflexive, se soucyer) to worry
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     tous les officiers de sa court estoyent tant occupés au service du festin que l'on ne se soucyoit du pauvre Pantagruel

     the officers of his court were so busyt taking care of the banquet that they forgot about poor Pantagruel

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of soucyer

infinitive	simple	soucyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	soucyant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		soucyé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	soucye	soucyes	soucye	soucyons	soucyez	soucyent
	imperfect	soucyois, soucyoys	soucyois, soucyoys	soucyoit, soucyoyt	soucyions, soucyyons	soucyiez, soucyyez	soucyoient, soucyoyent
	past historic	soucya	soucyas	soucya	soucyasmes	soucyastes	soucyerent
	future	soucyerai, soucyeray	soucyeras	soucyera	soucyerons	soucyerez	soucyeront
	conditional	soucyerois, soucyeroys	soucyerois, soucyeroys	soucyeroit, soucyeroyt	soucyerions, soucyeryons	soucyeriez, soucyeryez	soucyeroient, soucyeroyent
(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	soucye	soucyes	soucye	soucyons	soucyez	soucyent
	imperfect	soucyasse	soucyasses	soucyast	soucyassions	soucyassiez	soucyassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	soucye	—	soucyons	soucyez	—
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: soucier