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destruire
destruire
See also: destruiré
Old French
Etymology
From Latin dēstruere, infinitive of dēstruō.
Verb
destruire
- to destroy
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence li diz de la voie de tunes:
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Il a destruiz les biens que Dieux li a prestei
- He has destroyed the goods that God has lent to him
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Il a destruiz les biens que Dieux li a prestei
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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 destruire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | destruire | avoir destruit | |||||
| gerund | en destruisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | destruisant | ||||||
| past participle | destruit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | destrui | destruis | destruit | destruions | destruiiez | destruient |
| imperfect | destruisoie, destruiseie | destruisoies, destruiseies | destruisoit, destruiseit | destruisiiens, destruisiens | destruisiiez, destruisiez | destruisoient, destruiseient | |
| preterite | destruis | destruisis | destruist | destruisimes | destruisistes | destruistrent | |
| future | destruirai | destruiras | destruira | destruirons | destruiroiz, destruireiz, destruirez | destruiront | |
| conditional | destruiroie, destruireie | destruiroies, destruireies | destruiroit, destruireit | destruiriiens, destruiriens | destruiriiez, destruiriez | destruiroient, destruireient | |
| 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 | destruie | destruies | destruie | destruiiens, destruions | destruiiez | destruient |
| imperfect | destruisisse | destruisisses | destruisist | destruisissons, destruisissiens | destruisissoiz, destruisissez, destruisissiez | destruisissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | destrui | — | destruions | destruiiez | — | ||