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gaimenter
gaimenter
Middle French
Verb
gaimenter
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of gaimenter
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gaimenter | avoir gaimenté | |||||
| gerund | en gaimentant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | gaimentant | ||||||
| past participle | gaimenté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | gaimente | gaimentes | gaimente | gaimentons | gaimentez | gaimentent |
| imperfect | gaimentois, gaimentoys | gaimentois, gaimentoys | gaimentoit, gaimentoyt | gaimentions, gaimentyons | gaimentiez, gaimentyez | gaimentoient, gaimentoyent | |
| past historic | gaimenta | gaimentas | gaimenta | gaimentasmes | gaimentastes | gaimenterent | |
| future | gaimenterai, gaimenteray | gaimenteras | gaimentera | gaimenterons | gaimenterez | gaimenteront | |
| conditional | gaimenterois, gaimenteroys | gaimenterois, gaimenteroys | gaimenteroit, gaimenteroyt | gaimenterions, gaimenteryons | gaimenteriez, gaimenteryez | gaimenteroient, gaimenteroyent | |
| 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 past historic 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | gaimente | gaimentes | gaimente | gaimentons | gaimentez | gaimentent |
| imperfect | gaimentasse | gaimentasses | gaimentast | gaimentassions | gaimentassiez | gaimentassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | gaimente | — | gaimentons | gaimentez | — | ||
Old French
Etymology
Uncertain; thought to be an Frankish alteration of Latin lamentō
Verb
gaimenter
- to lament; to bemoan; to bewail
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
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Chacuns la pleure et la gaimente
- Each one of them cried for her and lamented for her
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Chacuns la pleure et la gaimente
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of gaimenter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gaimenter | avoir gaimenté | |||||
| gerund | en gaimentant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | gaimentant | ||||||
| past participle | gaimenté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | gaiment | gaimentes | gaimente | gaimentons | gaimentez | gaimentent |
| imperfect | gaimentoie, gaimenteie, gaimentoe, gaimenteve | gaimentoies, gaimenteies, gaimentoes, gaimenteves | gaimentoit, gaimenteit, gaimentot, gaimenteve | gaimentiiens, gaimentiens | gaimentiiez, gaimentiez | gaimentoient, gaimenteient, gaimentoent, gaimentevent | |
| preterite | gaimentai | gaimentas | gaimenta | gaimentames | gaimentastes | gaimenterent | |
| future | gaimenterai | gaimenteras | gaimentera | gaimenterons | gaimenteroiz, gaimentereiz, gaimenterez | gaimenteront | |
| conditional | gaimenteroie, gaimentereie | gaimenteroies, gaimentereies | gaimenteroit, gaimentereit | gaimenteriiens, gaimenteriens | gaimenteriiez, gaimenteriez | gaimenteroient, gaimentereient | |
| 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 | gaiment | gaimenz | gaiment | gaimentons | gaimentez | gaimentent |
| imperfect | gaimentasse | gaimentasses | gaimentast | gaimentissons, gaimentissiens | gaimentissoiz, gaimentissez, gaimentissiez | gaimentassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | gaimente | — | gaimentons | gaimentez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: wayment (borrowed) (specifically from the waimenter variant)