pikier

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pīccare (“to sting, strike”) or *pikkāre, itself either from an onomatopoeic root *pikk- (cf. also Latin picus), or alternatively, from Frankish *pikkōn.

Verb

pikier

1. to stab with a lance

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 *-ks, *-kt are modified to s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		pikier			avoir pikié
gerund		en pikant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		pikant
past participle		pikié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pik	pikes	pike	pikons	pikiez	pikent
	imperfect	pikoie, pikeie, pikoe, pikieve	pikoies, pikeies, pikoes, pikieves	pikoit, pikeit, pikot, pikieve	pikiiens, pikiens	pikiiez, pikiez	pikoient, pikeient, pikoent, pikievent
	preterite	pikai	pikas	pika	pikames	pikastes	pikierent
	future	pikerai	pikeras	pikera	pikerons	pikeroiz, pikereiz, pikerez	pikeront
	conditional	pikeroie, pikereie	pikeroies, pikereies	pikeroit, pikereit	pikeriiens, pikeriens	pikeriiez, pikeriez	pikeroient, pikereient
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	pik	pis	pit	pikons	pikiez	pikent
	imperfect	pikasse	pikasses	pikast	pikissons, pikissiens	pikissoiz, pikissez, pikissiez	pikassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pike	—	pikons	pikiez	—

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

Descendants

• French: piquer

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (piquier)
• * “piquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.