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maindre
maindre
Old French
Verb
maindre
- Alternative infinitive of manoir.
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem main distinct from the unstressed stem man, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of maindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | maindre | avoir manu, masu, mes | |||||
| gerund | en manant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | manant | ||||||
| past participle | manu, masu, mes | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | maing, main | mains | maint | manons | manez | mainent |
| imperfect | manoie, maneie | manoies, maneies | manoit, maneit | maniiens, maniens | maniiez, maniez | manoient, maneient | |
| preterite | mes, mains | maṣis, meṣis, mainsis | mest, mainst | maṣimes, meṣimes, mainsimes | maṣistes, meṣistes, mainsistes | mesdrent, mainstrent | |
| future | mandrai, maindrai | mandras, maindras | mandra, maindra | mandrons, maindrons | mandroiz, mandreiz, mandrez, maindroiz, maindreiz, maindrez | mandront, maindront | |
| conditional | mandroie, mandreie, maindroie, maindreie | mandroies, mandreies, maindroies, maindreies | mandroit, mandreit, maindroit, maindreit | mandriiens, mandriens, maindriiens, maindriens | mandriiez, mandriez, maindriiez, maindriez | mandroient, mandreient, maindroient, maindreient | |
| 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 | maigne | maignes | maigne | maigniens, maignons | maigniez | maignent |
| imperfect | maṣisse, mainsisse | maṣisses, mainsisses | maṣist, mainsist | maṣissons, maṣissiens, mainsissons, mainsissiens | maṣissoiz, maṣissez, maṣissiez, mainsissoiz, mainsissez, mainsissiez | maṣissent, mainsissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | main | — | manons | manez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (maindre)