alumer

Old French

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin allumināre. By surface analysis, a- +‎ lum +‎ -er.

Verb

alumer

1. to light up (provide with light)
2. (figuratively) to set fire to

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		alumer			avoir alumé
gerund		en alumant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		alumant
past participle		alumé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	alum	alumes	alume	alumons	alumez	alument
	imperfect	alumoie, alumeie, alumoe, alumeve	alumoies, alumeies, alumoes, alumeves	alumoit, alumeit, alumot, alumeve	alumiiens, alumiens	alumiiez, alumiez	alumoient, alumeient, alumoent, alumevent
	preterite	alumai	alumas	aluma	alumames	alumastes	alumerent
	future	alumerai	alumeras	alumera	alumerons	alumeroiz, alumereiz, alumerez	alumeront
	conditional	alumeroie, alumereie	alumeroies, alumereies	alumeroit, alumereit	alumeriiens, alumeriens	alumeriiez, alumeriez	alumeroient, alumereient
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	alum	aluns	alunt	alumons	alumez	alument
	imperfect	alumasse	alumasses	alumast	alumissons, alumissiens	alumissoiz, alumissez, alumissiez	alumassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	alume	—	alumons	alumez	—

Descendants

• Champenois: ailunmer
• French: allumer
• Norman: alleunmer
• → Italian: allumare
• → Sicilian: aḍḍumari