plongier

Old French

Alternative forms

• ploncher
• plonchier
• plonger (Anglo-Norman)
• plunger (Anglo-Norman)
• plungier

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *plumbicō, from Latin plumbum.

Verb

plongier

1. (intransitive) to dive; to plunge
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Tant en feisse en mer plungier

     The made many of them plunge into the sea

2. (transitive) to press in; to push in; to plunge in
   • c. 1200, Marie de France, Yonec:

     […] il fu el flum d'enfern plungiez!

     He was plunged into the river of Hell!

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. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		plongier			avoir plongié
gerund		en plonjant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		plonjant
past participle		plongié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	plonge	plonges	plonge	plonjons	plongiez	plongent
	imperfect	plonjoie, plongeie, plonjoe, plongieve	plonjoies, plongeies, plonjoes, plongieves	plonjoit, plongeit, plonjot, plongieve	plongiiens, plongiens	plongiiez, plongiez	plonjoient, plongeient, plonjoent, plongievent
	preterite	plonjai	plonjas	plonja	plonjames	plonjastes	plongierent
	future	plongerai	plongeras	plongera	plongerons	plongeroiz, plongereiz, plongerez	plongeront
	conditional	plongeroie, plongereie	plongeroies, plongereies	plongeroit, plongereit	plongeriiens, plongeriens	plongeriiez, plongeriez	plongeroient, plongereient
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	plonge	plonges	plonge	plonjons	plongiez	plongent
	imperfect	plonjasse	plonjasses	plonjast	plongissons, plongissiens	plongissoiz, plongissez, plongissiez	plonjassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	plonge	—	plonjons	plongiez	—

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

Descendants

• English: plunge
• French: plonger

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (plongier, supplement)