bailli

French

Etymology

Inherited 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/

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Noun

bailli m (plural baillis, feminine baillive)

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

Further reading

• “bailli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French baillier, from Latin bāiulāre (“to carry a burden”), from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).

Verb

bailli

1. (continental, Jersey) to give

Conjugation

    Conjugation of the verb bailli in Norman

infinitive			bailli
gerund			baillaunt
auxiliary			avaer1
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		jeo (j')	tu (t')	il, elle, on	nos	vos	il, elles
	present	bâle	bâles	bâle	bailloums	bailliz	bâlent
	imperfect	bailleis	bailleis	bailleit	baillioums	bailliaez	bailleient
	preterite	baillis	baillis	baillît	baillîmes	baillîtes	baillîtent
	future	baillerai	bailleras	baillera	bailleroums	bailleraez	baillerount
	conditional	baillereis	baillereis	baillereit	baillerioums	bailleriaez	baillereient
subjunctive		que jeo (j')	que tu (t')	qu'il, qu'elle, qu'on	que nos	que vos	qu'il, qu'elles
	present	bâle	bâles	bâle	baillioums	bailliaez	bâlent
	imperfect	baillisse	baillisses	baillisse	baillissioums	baillissiaez	baillîtent
imperative		—	tu	—	nos	vos	—
			bâle		bailloums	bailliz
1Used with past participles. 2Archaic or literary forms.

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