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saignier
saignier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
saignier
- (intransitive) to bleed (lose blood from the body)
- (transitive, medicine) to bleed; to bloodlet (remove blood from someone as a therapeutic procedure)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of saignier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | saignier | avoir saignié | |||||
| gerund | en saignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | saignant | ||||||
| past participle | saignié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | saing | saignes | saigne | saignons | saigniez | saignent |
| imperfect | saignoie, saigneie, saignoe, saignieve | saignoies, saigneies, saignoes, saignieves | saignoit, saigneit, saignot, saignieve | saigniiens, saigniens | saigniiez, saigniez | saignoient, saigneient, saignoent, saignievent | |
| preterite | saignai | saignas | saigna | saignames | saignastes | saignierent | |
| future | saignerai | saigneras | saignera | saignerons | saigneroiz, saignereiz, saignerez | saigneront | |
| conditional | saigneroie, saignereie | saigneroies, saignereies | saigneroit, saignereit | saigneriiens, saigneriens | saigneriiez, saigneriez | saigneroient, saignereient | |
| 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 | saing | sainz | saint | saignons | saigniez | saignent |
| imperfect | saignasse | saignasses | saignast | saignissons, saignissiens | saignissoiz, saignissez, saignissiez | saignassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | saigne | — | saignons | saigniez | — | ||