"caitif" meaning in Old French

See caitif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *cactivus, from a crossing of Latin captīvus and a Transalpine Gaulish caxtos, from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos. Cognate with Old Occitan caitiu. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la-vul||*cactivus}} Vulgar Latin *cactivus, {{inh|fro|la|captīvus}} Latin captīvus, {{der|fro|xtg||caxtos}} Transalpine Gaulish caxtos, {{der|fro|cel-pro|*kaxtos}} Proto-Celtic *kaxtos, {{cog|pro|caitiu}} Old Occitan caitiu Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} caitif oblique singular, m (oblique plural caitis, nominative singular caitis, nominative plural caitif) Forms: caitif oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], caitis [oblique, plural], caitis [nominative, singular], caitif [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caitifs [masculine, singular, subjective], caitive [feminine, singular, subjective], caitif [masculine, oblique, singular], caitive [feminine, oblique, singular], caitif [masculine, plural, subjective], caitives [feminine, plural, subjective], caitifs [masculine, oblique, plural], caitives [feminine, oblique, plural], chaitif [alternative], chatif [alternative], cheitif [alternative]
  1. captive, prisoner

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "caitiff"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "chétif"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "katijf"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "caytijf"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "keytive"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "captīvus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin captīvus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "xtg",
        "3": "",
        "4": "caxtos"
      },
      "expansion": "Transalpine Gaulish caxtos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kaxtos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kaxtos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pro",
        "2": "caitiu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Occitan caitiu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Vulgar Latin *cactivus, from a crossing of Latin captīvus and a Transalpine Gaulish caxtos, from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos. Cognate with Old Occitan caitiu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caitif oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitis",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitis",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitif",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitifs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitif",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitif",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitives",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitives",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaitif",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chatif",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheitif",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Old French links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      ],
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          "captive"
        ],
        [
          "prisoner",
          "prisoner"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "caitiff"
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      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "chétif"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "katijf"
    },
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      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "caytijf"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "keytive"
    }
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "captīvus"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "",
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kaxtos"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "caitiu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Occitan caitiu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "caitif oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitis",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitis",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitif",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitifs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitif",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caitif",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaitif",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chatif",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheitif",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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        "Old French lemmas",
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        "Old French nouns",
        "Old French terms derived from Latin",
        "Old French terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old French terms derived from Transalpine Gaulish",
        "Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "Old French terms inherited from Latin",
        "Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "captive, prisoner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "captive",
          "captive"
        ],
        [
          "prisoner",
          "prisoner"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "caitif"
}

Download raw JSONL data for caitif meaning in Old French (3.2kB)

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