pochier

Old French

Etymology

Sharing a Germanic origin with English poke, from Proto-West Germanic *pukōn, *pukkjōn or similar, which is probably from an imitative Proto-Germanic root *puk-.

Verb

pochier

1. (chiefly of an eye) to poke

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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		pochier			avoir pochié
gerund		en pochant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		pochant
past participle		pochié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	poche	poches	poche	pochons	pochiez	pochent
	imperfect	pochoie, pocheie, pochoe, pochieve	pochoies, pocheies, pochoes, pochieves	pochoit, pocheit, pochot, pochieve	pochiiens, pochiens	pochiiez, pochiez	pochoient, pocheient, pochoent, pochievent
	preterite	pochai	pochas	pocha	pochames	pochastes	pochierent
	future	pocherai	pocheras	pochera	pocherons	pocheroiz, pochereiz, pocherez	pocheront
	conditional	pocheroie, pochereie	pocheroies, pochereies	pocheroit, pochereit	pocheriiens, pocheriens	pocheriiez, pocheriez	pocheroient, pochereient
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	poche	poches	poche	pochons	pochiez	pochent
	imperfect	pochasse	pochasses	pochast	pochissons, pochissiens	pochissoiz, pochissez, pochissiez	pochassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	poche	—	pochons	pochiez	—

Descendants

• French: pocher
• → English: poach

References

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