Infinitive
Gerund
en triant
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | tri |
| 2nd sing. | trïes |
| 3rd sing. | trïe |
| 1st plur. | trions |
| 2nd plur. | trïez |
| 3rd plur. | trïent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | trioie; trïeie; trioe; trïeve |
| 2nd sing. | trioies; trïeies; trioes; trïeves |
| 3rd sing. | trioit; trïeit; triot; trïeve |
| 1st plur. | triiiens; triiens |
| 2nd plur. | triiiez; triiez |
| 3rd plur. | trioient; trïeient; trioent; trïevent |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | triai |
| 2nd sing. | trias |
| 3rd sing. | tria |
| 1st plur. | triames |
| 2nd plur. | triastes |
| 3rd plur. | trïerent |
Future
| 1st sing. | trïerai |
| 2nd sing. | trïeras |
| 3rd sing. | trïera |
| 1st plur. | trïerons |
| 2nd plur. | trïeroiz; trïereiz; trïerez |
| 3rd plur. | trïeront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | trïeroie; trïereie |
| 2nd sing. | trïeroies; trïereies |
| 3rd sing. | trïeroit; trïereit |
| 1st plur. | trïeriiens; trïeriens |
| 2nd plur. | trïeriiez; trïeriez |
| 3rd plur. | trïeroient; trïereient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | tri |
| 2nd sing. | tris |
| 3rd sing. | trit |
| 1st plur. | trions |
| 2nd plur. | trïez |
| 3rd plur. | trïent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | triasse |
| 2nd sing. | triasses |
| 3rd sing. | triast |
| 1st plur. | triissons; triissiens |
| 2nd plur. | triissoiz; triissez; triissiez |
| 3rd plur. | triassent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | trïe |
| 1st plur. | trions |
| 2nd plur. | trïez |
Verbs conjugated like trier
trier,
Etymology
1. # Widely assumed to be derived from Late Latin trītāre (“to grind”), from Latin trītus, the past participle of terō, terere, with the semantic shift seemingly originating from the Latin set phrase Latin *granum terere (“to beat the corn from the chaff”), which has a parallel in the modern French trier le grain. The semantic shift is possibly supported by the Italian cognate tritare (“to grind”), which also features “to sort” as an archaic sense. The cognates Occitan triar (“to pick out, choose from among others”) and Catalan triar (“to pick, choose”), who cannot reflect trītāre (which would have yielded *tridar) must then be considered borrowings from French.
2. # Alternatively, from a Gallo-Romance hypothetical *trīō, trīāre, which would make Occitan triar and Catalan triar inherited cognates instead of borrowings. The archaic sense of Italian tritare would thus be due to influence of the French word. Ultimately could be an outcome of a metathetic alteration Vulgar Latin *tīrāre (“to pull”), undergoing a pretty straightforward semantical shift. In this case the word would be doublet of tirer (“to pull”).
3. # Alternatively, a metathetic variation of Old French tirer (“to pull out, snatch”), from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre, of unknown origin. Alternatively or by confluence, either from Gothic *𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*tairan, “to tear away, remove”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, tear apart”), see tear. Related to Occitan triar (“to pick out, choose from among others”), although the Occitan verb could also be a borrowing from French. See: Occitan '
triar', Valencian '
triar', Occitan '
triar', Valencian '
triar', Italian '
tritare', Old French '
tirer', Proto-Germanic '
*teraną', Occitan '
triar'.
Verbs referencing "trier"
English
try.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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