vochier

Old French

Alternative forms

• vocer, vouker, vougier, vogier

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vocicāre, derived from Latin vocāre.

Verb

vochier

1. to call; to summon
2. to claim
3. to denounce

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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		vochier			avoir vochié
gerund		en vochant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		vochant
past participle		vochié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	voche	voches	voche	vochons	vochiez	vochent
	imperfect	vochoie, vocheie, vochoe, vochieve	vochoies, vocheies, vochoes, vochieves	vochoit, vocheit, vochot, vochieve	vochiiens, vochiens	vochiiez, vochiez	vochoient, vocheient, vochoent, vochievent
	preterite	vochai	vochas	vocha	vochames	vochastes	vochierent
	future	vocherai	vocheras	vochera	vocherons	vocheroiz, vochereiz, vocherez	vocheront
	conditional	vocheroie, vochereie	vocheroies, vochereies	vocheroit, vochereit	vocheriiens, vocheriens	vocheriiez, vocheriez	vocheroient, vochereient
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	voche	voches	voche	vochons	vochiez	vochent
	imperfect	vochasse	vochasses	vochast	vochissons, vochissiens	vochissoiz, vochissez, vochissiez	vochassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	voche	—	vochons	vochiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: voquer
• Norman: voucher
• Picard: veucher
• → Middle English: vouchen
  • English: vouch

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vocare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 588