mercier
French
Etymology
From Old French merz (“goods, wares”) + -ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛʁ.sje/
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Related terms
Further reading
- “mercier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- mercir
Verb
mercier
- (transitive) to thank
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Et lor dex en ont merciés.
- And they thanked their gods for it.
- c. 1170, Marie de France, Eliduc:
- De sun bienfait le mercia
- He thanked him for his good work
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mercier | avoir mercïé | |||||
| gerund | en merciant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | merciant | ||||||
| past participle | mercïé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | merci | mercïes | mercïe | mercions | mercïez | mercïent |
| imperfect | mercioie, mercïeie, mercioe, mercïeve | mercioies, mercïeies, mercioes, mercïeves | mercioit, mercïeit, merciot, mercïeve | merciiiens, merciiens | merciiiez, merciiez | mercioient, mercïeient, mercioent, mercïevent | |
| preterite | merciai | mercias | mercia | merciames | merciastes | mercïerent | |
| future | mercïerai | mercïeras | mercïera | mercïerons | mercïeroiz, mercïereiz, mercïerez | mercïeront | |
| conditional | mercïeroie, mercïereie | mercïeroies, mercïereies | mercïeroit, mercïereit | mercïeriiens, mercïeriens | mercïeriiez, mercïeriez | mercïeroient, mercïereient | |
| 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 | merci | mercis | mercit | mercions | mercïez | mercïent |
| imperfect | merciasse | merciasses | merciast | merciissons, merciissiens | merciissoiz, merciissez, merciissiez | merciassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | mercïe | — | mercions | mercïez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: remercier
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