cerchier

Middle French

Verb

cerchier

(uncommon) Alternative form of chercher

Conjugation

As parler except the additional i in the infinitive does not appear in many forms.
Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of cerchier

		simple			compound
infinitive		cerchier			avoir cerchié
gerund		en cerchant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		cerchant
past participle		cerchié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	cerche	cerches	cerche	cerchions	cerchiez	cerchent
	imperfect	cerchois, cerchoys	cerchois, cerchoys	cerchoit, cerchoyt	cerchions, cerchyons	cerchiez, cerchyez	cerchoient, cerchoyent
	past historic	cercha	cerchas	cercha	cerchasmes	cerchastes	cerchierent
	future	cerchierai, cerchieray	cerchieras	cerchiera	cerchierons	cerchierez	cerchieront
	conditional	cerchierois, cerchieroys	cerchierois, cerchieroys	cerchieroit, cerchieroyt	cerchierions, cerchieryons	cerchieriez, cerchieryez	cerchieroient, cerchieroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	cerche	cerches	cerche	cerchions	cerchiez	cerchent
simple tenses	imperfect	cerchasse	cerchasses	cerchast	cerchassions	cerchassiez	cerchassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	cerche	—	cerchions	cerchiez	—

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin circāre, present active infinitive of circō, from Latin circa, circus.

Verb

cerchier

to search; to seek; to look for

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 cerchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cerchier			avoir cerchié
gerund		en cerchant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		cerchant
past participle		cerchié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cerche	cerches	cerche	cerchons	cerchiez	cerchent
	imperfect	cerchoie, cercheie, cerchoe, cerchieve	cerchoies, cercheies, cerchoes, cerchieves	cerchoit, cercheit, cerchot, cerchieve	cerchiiens, cerchiens	cerchiiez, cerchiez	cerchoient, cercheient, cerchoent, cerchievent
	preterite	cerchai	cerchas	cercha	cerchames	cerchastes	cerchierent
	future	cercherai	cercheras	cerchera	cercherons	cercheroiz, cerchereiz, cercherez	cercheront
	conditional	cercheroie, cerchereie	cercheroies, cerchereies	cercheroit, cerchereit	cercheriiens, cercheriens	cercheriiez, cercheriez	cercheroient, cerchereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	cerche	cerches	cerche	cerchons	cerchiez	cerchent
simple tenses	imperfect	cerchasse	cerchasses	cerchast	cerchissons, cerchissiens	cerchissoiz, cerchissez, cerchissiez	cerchassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	cerche	—	cerchons	cerchiez	—

Descendants

→ Middle English: serchen
- English: search
- Scots: sairch
Middle French: chercher, cercher
- French: chercher

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