laiier

Old French

Alternative forms

laier, laire

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *latjan (“to hinder, delay”), *laibijan (“to leave”) / *laibjan and *lagjan (“to lay”), from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną. Compare English leave.

Verb

laiier

to leave (to refrain from taking; to allow to be available)

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. 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 laiier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		laiier			avoir laiié
gerund		en laiant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		laiant
past participle		laiié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	lai	laies, lais	laie, lait	laions	laiiez	laient
	imperfect	laioie, laieie, laioe, laiieve	laioies, laieies, laioes, laiieves	laioit, laieit, laiot, laiieve	laiiiens, laiiens	laiiiez, laiiez	laioient, laieient, laioent, laiievent
	preterite	laiai	laias	laia	laiames	laiastes	laiierent
	future	lairai, lerrai	lairas, lerras	laira, lerra	lairons, lerrons	lairoiz, laireiz, lairez, lerroiz, lerreiz, lerrez	lairont, lerront
	conditional	lairoie, laireie, lerroie, lerreie	lairoies, laireies, lerroies, lerreies	lairoit, laireit, lerroit, lerreit	lairiiens, lairiens, lerriiens, lerriens	lairiiez, lairiez, lerriiez, lerriez	lairoient, laireient, lerroient, lerreient
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	lai	lais	lait, laie	laions	laiiez	laient
simple tenses	imperfect	laiasse	laiasses	laiast	laiissons, laiissiens	laiissoiz, laiissez, laiissiez	laiassent
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		—	lai, laie	—	laions	laiiez	—

Related terms

delaier

Descendants

Walloon: leyî
⇒ Old French: delaier, delaiier, delayer, deslaier
- French: délayer
- → Middle English: delaien
  - English: delay
    - → Portuguese: delay
- → Middle English: dalyen
  - English: dally
- ⇒ Old French: delai, delaie (noun)
  - Middle French: delai
    - French: délai

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