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bolir
bolir
Old French
Etymology
From Latin bullīre, present active infinitive of bulliō, related to the noun bulla (“bubble”)
Verb
bolir
- (transitive, intransitive) to boil
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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 bolir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bolir | avoir boli, boilli, bolu | |||||
| gerund | en bolant, boillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | bolant, boillant | ||||||
| past participle | boli, boilli, bolu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | boil | bous | bout | bolons, boillons | bolez, boilliez | bolent, boillent |
| imperfect | boloie, boleie, boilloie, boilleie | boloies, boleies, boilloies, boilleies | boloit, boleit, boilloit, boilleit | boliiens, boliens, boilliiens, boilliens | boliiez, boliez, boilliiez, boilliez | boloient, boleient, boilloient, boilleient | |
| preterite | boli, boilli | bolis, boillis | boli, boilli, bolu | bolimes, boillimes | bolistes, boillistes | bolirent, boillirent | |
| future | boudrai | boudras | boudra | boudrons | boudroiz, boudreiz, boudrez | boudront | |
| conditional | boudroie, boudreie | boudroies, boudreies | boudroit, boudreit | boudriiens, boudriens | boudriiez, boudriez | boudroient, boudreient | |
| 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 | boille | boilles | boille | boilliens, boillons | boilliez | boillent |
| imperfect | bolisse, boillisse | bolisses, boillisses | bolist, boillist | bolissons, bolissiens, boillissons, boillissiens | bolissoiz, bolissez, bolissiez, boillissoiz, boillissez, boillissiez | bolissent, boillissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | bol, boil | — | bolons, boillons | bolez, boilliez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- “bouillir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-09838-6, page 150