lotir

French

Etymology

From lot +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɔ.tiʁ/
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Verb

lotir

(transitive) to parcel out (divide into lots)

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of lotir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	lotir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	lotissant /lɔ.ti.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		loti /lɔ.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lotis /lɔ.ti/	lotis /lɔ.ti/	lotit /lɔ.ti/	lotissons /lɔ.ti.sɔ̃/	lotissez /lɔ.ti.se/	lotissent /lɔ.tis/
	imperfect	lotissais /lɔ.ti.sɛ/	lotissais /lɔ.ti.sɛ/	lotissait /lɔ.ti.sɛ/	lotissions /lɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/	lotissiez /lɔ.ti.sje/	lotissaient /lɔ.ti.sɛ/
	past historic²	lotis /lɔ.ti/	lotis /lɔ.ti/	lotit /lɔ.ti/	lotîmes /lɔ.tim/	lotîtes /lɔ.tit/	lotirent /lɔ.tiʁ/
	future	lotirai /lɔ.ti.ʁe/	lotiras /lɔ.ti.ʁa/	lotira /lɔ.ti.ʁa/	lotirons /lɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/	lotirez /lɔ.ti.ʁe/	lotiront /lɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lotirais /lɔ.ti.ʁɛ/	lotirais /lɔ.ti.ʁɛ/	lotirait /lɔ.ti.ʁɛ/	lotirions /lɔ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	lotiriez /lɔ.ti.ʁje/	lotiraient /lɔ.ti.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	lotisse /lɔ.tis/	lotisses /lɔ.tis/	lotisse /lɔ.tis/	lotissions /lɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/	lotissiez /lɔ.ti.sje/	lotissent /lɔ.tis/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	lotisse /lɔ.tis/	lotisses /lɔ.tis/	lotît /lɔ.ti/	lotissions /lɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/	lotissiez /lɔ.ti.sje/	lotissent /lɔ.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	lotis /lɔ.ti/	—	lotissons /lɔ.ti.sɔ̃/	lotissez /lɔ.ti.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).