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desplaire
desplaire
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
desplaire
- to irritate; to anger; to strongly displease
- circa 1250, Marie de France, L'Aüstic
- N'unt guaires rien ki lur desplaise
- There was hardly anything to bother them
- N'unt guaires rien ki lur desplaise
- circa 1250, Marie de France, L'Aüstic
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 desplaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | desplaire | avoir despleü | |||||
| gerund | en desplaisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | desplaisant | ||||||
| past participle | despleü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | desplaz, desplais | desplais | desplaist | desplaisons | desplaisiez | desplaisent |
| imperfect | desplaisoie, desplaiseie | desplaisoies, desplaiseies | desplaisoit, desplaiseit | desplaisiiens, desplaisiens | desplaisiiez, desplaisiez | desplaisoient, desplaiseient | |
| preterite | desploi | despleüs | desplot | despleümes | despleüstes | desplorent | |
| future | desplairai | desplairas | desplaira | desplairons | desplairoiz, desplaireiz, desplairez | desplairont | |
| conditional | desplairoie, desplaireie | desplairoies, desplaireies | desplairoit, desplaireit | desplairiiens, desplairiens | desplairiiez, desplairiez | desplairoient, desplaireient | |
| 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 | desplace, desplaise | desplaces, desplaises | desplace, desplaise | desplaciens, desplaçons, desplaisiens, desplaisons | desplaciez, desplaisiez | desplacent, desplaisent |
| imperfect | despleüsse | despleüsses | despleüst | despleüssons, despleüssiens | despleüssoiz, despleüssez, despleüssiez | despleüssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | desplais | — | desplaisons | desplaisiez | — | ||