taisir

Old French

Alternative forms

• taire

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tacēre, present active infinitive of taceō (for identical phonetic evolution, see Modern French plaisir, loisir, moisir, gésir, and Old French nuisir, luisir). It was eventually displaced by the analogical form taire (see also the similar analogical forms plaire, nuire, luire).

Verb

taisir

1. (transitive and intransitive) to shut up

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		taisir			avoir teü
gerund		en taisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		taisant
past participle		teü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	taz, tais	tais	taist	taisons	taisiez	taisent
	imperfect	taisoie, taiseie	taisoies, taiseies	taisoit, taiseit	taisiiens, taisiens	taisiiez, taisiez	taisoient, taiseient
	preterite	toi	teüs	tot	teümes	teüstes	torent
	future	tairai	tairas	taira	tairons	tairoiz, taireiz, tairez	tairont
	conditional	tairoie, taireie	tairoies, taireies	tairoit, taireit	tairiiens, tairiens	tairiiez, tairiez	tairoient, taireient
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	tace, taise	taces, taises	tace, taise	taciens, taçons, taisiens, taisons	taciez, taisiez	tacent, taisent
	imperfect	teüsse	teüsses	teüst	teüssons, teüssiens	teüssoiz, teüssez, teüssiez	teüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tais	—	taisons	taisiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: taire (through the form taire)
  • French: taire