purchacer

Old French

Etymology

pur- +‎ chacer

Verb

purchacer

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of porchacier
2. (Anglo-Norman) to obtain; to acquire
3. (late Anglo-Norman) to buy; to purchase

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		purchacer			avoir purchacé
gerund		en purchaçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		purchaçant
past participle		purchacé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	purchaz	purchaces	purchace	purchaçons	purchacez	purchacent
	imperfect	purchaçoie, purchaceie, purchaçoe, purchaceve	purchaçoies, purchaceies, purchaçoes, purchaceves	purchaçoit, purchaceit, purchaçot, purchaceve	purchaciiens, purchaciens	purchaciiez, purchaciez	purchaçoient, purchaceient, purchaçoent, purchacevent
	preterite	purchaçai	purchaças	purchaça	purchaçames	purchaçastes	purchacerent
	future	purchacerai	purchaceras	purchacera	purchacerons	purchaceroiz, purchacereiz, purchacerez	purchaceront
	conditional	purchaceroie, purchacereie	purchaceroies, purchacereies	purchaceroit, purchacereit	purchaceriiens, purchaceriens	purchaceriiez, purchaceriez	purchaceroient, purchacereient
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	purchaz	purchaz	purchazt	purchaçons	purchacez	purchacent
	imperfect	purchaçasse	purchaçasses	purchaçast	purchacissons, purchacissiens	purchacissoiz, purchacissez, purchacissiez	purchaçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	purchace	—	purchaçons	purchacez	—

Descendants

• Middle English: purchasen
  • English: purchase