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estreindre
estreindre
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
estreindre
- to strain (stretch tightly)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of estreindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | estreindre | avoir estreint | |||||
| gerund | en estreignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | estreignant | ||||||
| past participle | estreint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | estreing | estreinz | estreint | estreignons | estreigniez | estreignent |
| imperfect | estreignoie, estreigneie | estreignoies, estreigneies | estreignoit, estreigneit | estreigniiens, estreigniens | estreigniiez, estreigniez | estreignoient, estreigneient | |
| preterite | estreins | estreinsis | estreinst | estreinsimes | estreinsistes | estreinstrent | |
| future | estreindrai | estreindras | estreindra | estreindrons | estreindroiz, estreindreiz, estreindrez | estreindront | |
| conditional | estreindroie, estreindreie | estreindroies, estreindreies | estreindroit, estreindreit | estreindriiens, estreindriens | estreindriiez, estreindriez | estreindroient, estreindreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | estreigne | estreignes | estreigne | estreigniens, estreignons | estreigniez | estreignent |
| imperfect | estreinsisse | estreinsisses | estreinsist | estreinsissons, estreinsissiens | estreinsissoiz, estreinsissez, estreinsissiez | estreinsissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | estreing | — | estreignons | estreigniez | — | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (estreindre)
- estreindre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub