drecier

Old French

Alternative forms

• drecer, dresser, drescer

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre.

Verb

drecier

1. (reflexive, se drecier) to stand up; to get on one's feet

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. 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 drecier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		drecier			avoir drecié
gerund		en dreçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		dreçant
past participle		drecié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	drez	dreces	drece	dreçons	dreciez	drecent
	imperfect	dreçoie, dreceie, dreçoe, drecieve	dreçoies, dreceies, dreçoes, drecieves	dreçoit, dreceit, dreçot, drecieve	dreciiens, dreciens	dreciiez, dreciez	dreçoient, dreceient, dreçoent, drecievent
	preterite	dreçai	dreças	dreça	dreçames	dreçastes	drecierent
	future	drecerai	dreceras	drecera	drecerons	dreceroiz, drecereiz, drecerez	dreceront
	conditional	dreceroie, drecereie	dreceroies, drecereies	dreceroit, drecereit	dreceriiens, dreceriens	dreceriiez, dreceriez	dreceroient, drecereient
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	drez	drez	drezt	dreçons	dreciez	drecent
	imperfect	dreçasse	dreçasses	dreçast	drecissons, drecissiens	drecissoiz, drecissez, drecissiez	dreçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	drece	—	dreçons	dreciez	—

Derived terms

• dreciere
• dressière
• redrecier

Descendants

• French: dresser
• Norman: dréchier
• Picard: drécher, dréchier
• → Middle English: dressen, drescen, drese, dresse, drissen, drysse
  • English: dress (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: dress