esquacher

Middle French

Etymology

Old French escasser.

Verb

esquacher

1. to break; to smash; to crush

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of esquacher

infinitive	simple	esquacher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	esquachant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		esquaché
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	esquache	esquaches	esquache	esquachons	esquachez	esquachent
	imperfect	esquachois, esquachoys	esquachois, esquachoys	esquachoit, esquachoyt	esquachions, esquachyons	esquachiez, esquachyez	esquachoient, esquachoyent
	past historic	esquacha	esquachas	esquacha	esquachasmes	esquachastes	esquacherent
	future	esquacherai, esquacheray	esquacheras	esquachera	esquacherons	esquacherez	esquacheront
	conditional	esquacherois, esquacheroys	esquacherois, esquacheroys	esquacheroit, esquacheroyt	esquacherions, esquacheryons	esquacheriez, esquacheryez	esquacheroient, esquacheroyent
(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	esquache	esquaches	esquache	esquachons	esquachez	esquachent
	imperfect	esquachasse	esquachasses	esquachast	esquachassions	esquachassiez	esquachassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	esquache	—	esquachons	esquachez	—
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).

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (1. escasser)