trailler
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *tragulāre (“to drag”), from Latin tragula (“dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap”), probably related to Latin trahere (“to pull, drag along”).
Verb
trailler
- to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-aill, *-aills, *-aillt are modified to ail, auz, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | trailler | avoir traillé | |||||
| gerund | en traillant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | traillant | ||||||
| past participle | traillé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | trail | trailles | traille | traillons | traillez | traillent |
| imperfect | trailloie, trailleie, trailloe, trailleve | trailloies, trailleies, trailloes, trailleves | trailloit, trailleit, traillot, trailleve | trailliiens, trailliens | trailliiez, trailliez | trailloient, trailleient, trailloent, traillevent | |
| preterite | traillai | traillas | trailla | traillames | traillastes | traillerent | |
| future | traillerai | trailleras | traillera | traillerons | trailleroiz, traillereiz, traillerez | trailleront | |
| conditional | trailleroie, traillereie | trailleroies, traillereies | trailleroit, traillereit | trailleriiens, trailleriens | trailleriiez, trailleriez | trailleroient, traillereient | |
| 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 | trail | trauz | traut | traillons | traillez | traillent |
| imperfect | traillasse | traillasses | traillast | traillissons, traillissiens | traillissoiz, traillissez, traillissiez | traillassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | traille | — | traillons | traillez | — | ||
Descendants
- → English: trail
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