prier
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See also: Prier
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
prier (plural priers)
- A person who pries.
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Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *per(i)-era, a prefixal verb, cognate to Hittite [Term?] (/arnumi/, “to move, to shift”), Sanskrit ऋणुते (ṛṇóti, “to arise, to move”), Ancient Greek ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “to stir up”), Latin orior (“to rise”).[1]
Verb
prier (aorist prora, participle prierë)
Related terms
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “prier”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
Etymology
From Old French proiier, preier, from Latin precārī.
Pronunciation
Verb
prier
- (transitive) to pray
- (transitive) to beg, to beseech, to pray to
- Vous devez prier Dieu.
- You must pray to God.
Conjugation
More information infinitive, simple ...
| infinitive | simple | prier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | priant /pʁi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | prié /pʁi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | prie /pʁi/ |
pries /pʁi/ |
prie /pʁi/ |
prions /pʁi.jɔ̃/ |
priez /pʁi.je/ |
prient /pʁi/ |
| imperfect | priais /pʁi.jɛ/ |
priais /pʁi.jɛ/ |
priait /pʁi.jɛ/ |
priions /pʁi.jɔ̃/ |
priiez /pʁi.je/ |
priaient /pʁi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | priai /pʁi.je/ |
prias /pʁi.ja/ |
pria /pʁi.ja/ |
priâmes /pʁi.jam/ |
priâtes /pʁi.jat/ |
prièrent /pʁi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | prierai /pʁi.ʁe/ |
prieras /pʁi.ʁa/ |
priera /pʁi.ʁa/ |
prierons /pʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
prierez /pʁi.ʁe/ |
prieront /pʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | prierais /pʁi.ʁɛ/ |
prierais /pʁi.ʁɛ/ |
prierait /pʁi.ʁɛ/ |
prierions /pʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prieriez /pʁi.ʁje/ |
prieraient /pʁi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | prie /pʁi/ |
pries /pʁi/ |
prie /pʁi/ |
priions /pʁi.jɔ̃/ |
priiez /pʁi.je/ |
prient /pʁi/ |
| imperfect2 | priasse /pʁi.jas/ |
priasses /pʁi.jas/ |
priât /pʁi.ja/ |
priassions /pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
priassiez /pʁi.ja.sje/ |
priassent /pʁi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | prie /pʁi/ |
— | prions /pʁi.jɔ̃/ |
priez /pʁi.je/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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Conjugation of prier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “prier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Etymology
From Old French proiier, from Latin precari.
Verb
prier
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
More information infinitive, simple ...
| infinitive | simple | prier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | priant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | prié | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | prie | pries | prie | prions | priez | prient |
| imperfect | priois, prioys | priois, prioys | prioit, prioyt | priions, priyons | priiez, priyez | prioient, prioyent | |
| past historic | pria | prias | pria | priasmes | priastes | prierent | |
| future | prierai, prieray | prieras | priera | prierons | prierez | prieront | |
| conditional | prierois, prieroys | prierois, prieroys | prieroit, prieroyt | prierions, prieryons | prieriez, prieryez | prieroient, prieroyent | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | prie | pries | prie | prions | priez | prient |
| imperfect | priasse | priasses | priast | priassions | priassiez | priassent | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | prie | — | prions | priez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
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Conjugation of prier
Descendants
- French: prier
Etymology
From Old French proiier, from Latin precor, precārī, from prex (“request, petition, prayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-, *perḱ- (“to ask, woo”).
Verb
prier
Verb
prier
- Alternative form of proiier
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.
More information simple, compound ...
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prier | avoir prïé | |||||
| gerund | en priant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | priant | ||||||
| past participle | prïé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pri | prïes | prïe | prions | prïez | prïent |
| imperfect | prioie, prïeie, prioe, prïeve | prioies, prïeies, prioes, prïeves | prioit, prïeit, priot, prïeve | priiiens, priiens | priiiez, priiez | prioient, prïeient, prioent, prïevent | |
| preterite | priai | prias | pria | priames | priastes | prïerent | |
| future | prïerai | prïeras | prïera | prïerons | prïeroiz, prïereiz, prïerez | prïeront | |
| conditional | prïeroie, prïereie | prïeroies, prïereies | prïeroit, prïereit | prïeriiens, prïeriens | prïeriiez, prïeriez | prïeroient, prïereient | |
| 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 | pri | pris | prit | prions | prïez | prïent |
| imperfect | priasse | priasses | priast | priissons, priissiens | priissoiz, priissez, priissiez | priassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | prïe | — | prions | prïez | — | ||
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