bailli

French

Etymology

From Old French bailif (nominative singular bailis), itself from baillir or baillier, or from Vulgar Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Latin baiulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ji/

Noun

bailli m (plural baillis)

1. (historical) a bailiff: an appointee of the king administering certain districts of northern France in the medieval period

Further reading

• “bailli” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French baillier, from Latin bāiulāre, present active infinitive of bāiulō (“I carry a burden”), from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).

Verb

bailli

1. (France, Jersey) to give

Conjugation

    Continental Norman - Conjugation

infinitive			bailli
gerund			baillaunt
auxiliary			avaer
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bailli		baillie
		plural		baillis		baillies
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	i (il), o (ol), no (no-z-)	je nos	vos	i (il), o (ol)
	present	bâle	bâles	bâle	bailloums	bailliz	bâlent
	imperfect	bailleis	bailleis	bailleit	baillioums	bailliaez	bailleient
	preterite (-i)	baillis	baillis	baillît	baillîmes	baillîtes	baillîtent
	future	baillerai	bailleras	baillera	bailleroums	bailleraez	baillerount
	conditional	baillereis	baillereis	baillereit	baillerioums	bailleriaez	baillereient
subjunctive		qùe je (j')	qùe te (t')	qù'i (il), qù'o (ol), qùe no (no-z-)	qùe je qùe nos	qùe vos	qù'i (il), qù'o (ol)
	present	bâle	bâles	bâle	baillioums	bailliaez	bâlent
	imperfect	baillisse	baillisses	baillisse	baillissioums	baillissiaez	baillîtent
imperative		—	tu	—	je nos	vos	—
	present		bâle		bailloums	bailliz
	past		(a)ie bailli		ayoums bailli	ayaez bailli

Alternative forms

• baillier (Guernsey)

Synonyms

• donner

Antonyms

• prendre (“to take”)

Derived terms

• bailli eune cliamuse (“to slap in the face”)
• bailli eune paffe (“to smack”)
• bailli un co d'poing (“to punch”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old French bailif, from Late Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Classical Latin bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).

Noun

bailli m (plural baillis)

1. (Jersey, law) bailiff