arachier

Old French

Alternative forms

• arracher
• arrachier

Etymology

See esrachier.

Verb

arachier

1. to pull off (by physical force)
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Erec par le hiaume le sache,
     A force del chief li arrache

     Erec grabs him by the helmet,
     With force pulls it off his head

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. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		arachier			avoir arachié
gerund		en arachant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		arachant
past participle		arachié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	arache	araches	arache	arachons	arachiez	arachent
	imperfect	arachoie, aracheie, arachoe, arachieve	arachoies, aracheies, arachoes, arachieves	arachoit, aracheit, arachot, arachieve	arachiiens, arachiens	arachiiez, arachiez	arachoient, aracheient, arachoent, arachievent
	preterite	arachai	arachas	aracha	arachames	arachastes	arachierent
	future	aracherai	aracheras	arachera	aracherons	aracheroiz, arachereiz, aracherez	aracheront
	conditional	aracheroie, arachereie	aracheroies, arachereies	aracheroit, arachereit	aracheriiens, aracheriens	aracheriiez, aracheriez	aracheroient, arachereient
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	arache	araches	arache	arachons	arachiez	arachent
	imperfect	arachasse	arachasses	arachast	arachissons, arachissiens	arachissoiz, arachissez, arachissiez	arachassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	arache	—	arachons	arachiez	—

Descendants

• French: arracher

Further reading

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