araisnier

Old French

Etymology

a- +‎ raison +‎ -ier, or from Vulgar Latin *adratiōnāre.

Verb

araisnier

1. to address (someone); to speak to (someone)

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. This verb has a stressed present stem araison distinct from the unstressed stem araisn. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		araisnier			avoir araisnié
gerund		en araisnant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		araisnant
past participle		araisnié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	araison	araisones	araisone	araisnons	araisniez	araisonent
	imperfect	araisnoie, araisneie, araisnoe, araisnieve	araisnoies, araisneies, araisnoes, araisnieves	araisnoit, araisneit, araisnot, araisnieve	araisniiens, araisniens	araisniiez, araisniez	araisnoient, araisneient, araisnoent, araisnievent
	preterite	araisnai	araisnas	araisna	araisnames	araisnastes	araisnierent
	future	araisnerai	araisneras	araisnera	araisnerons	araisneroiz, araisnereiz, araisnerez	araisneront
	conditional	araisneroie, araisnereie	araisneroies, araisnereies	araisneroit, araisnereit	araisneriiens, araisneriens	araisneriiez, araisneriez	araisneroient, araisnereient
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	araison	araisons	araisont	araisnons	araisniez	araisonent
	imperfect	araisnasse	araisnasses	araisnast	araisnissons, araisnissiens	araisnissoiz, araisnissez, araisnissiez	araisnassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	araisone	—	araisnons	araisniez	—

Descendants

• English: arraign
• French: arraisonner

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (araisnier)