souillier

Old French

Alternative forms

• soillier

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *sulwijan (“to make or become dirty, soil”) and/or Gothic *𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*sauljan, “to make dirty, defile, pollute”).

Verb

souillier

1. to dirty; to stain
2. (figuratively) to tarnish (a reputation, etc.)

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 *-uill, *-uills, *-uillt are modified to uil, uz, ut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		souillier			avoir souillié
gerund		en souillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		souillant
past participle		souillié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	souil	souilles	souille	souillons	souilliez	souillent
	imperfect	souilloie, souilleie, souilloe, souillieve	souilloies, souilleies, souilloes, souillieves	souilloit, souilleit, souillot, souillieve	souilliiens, souilliens	souilliiez, souilliez	souilloient, souilleient, souilloent, souillievent
	preterite	souillai	souillas	souilla	souillames	souillastes	souillierent
	future	souillerai	souilleras	souillera	souillerons	souilleroiz, souillereiz, souillerez	souilleront
	conditional	souilleroie, souillereie	souilleroies, souillereies	souilleroit, souillereit	souilleriiens, souilleriens	souilleriiez, souilleriez	souilleroient, souillereient
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	souil	souz	sout	souillons	souilliez	souillent
	imperfect	souillasse	souillasses	souillast	souillissons, souillissiens	souillissoiz, souillissez, souillissiez	souillassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	souille	—	souillons	souilliez	—

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

Descendants

• Middle French: souiller
  • French: souiller