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pleindre
pleindre
Middle French
Alternative forms
Verb
pleindre
- to cry out (in pain, etc.)
Descendants
- French: plaindre
Old French
Etymology
From Latin plangere, present active infinitive of plangō.
Verb
pleindre
- Alternative form of plaindre
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
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Mult pleigneient e mult ploroent
- They cried a lot and they wailed a lot
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Mult pleigneient e mult ploroent
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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 pleindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pleindre | avoir pleint | |||||
| gerund | en pleignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | pleignant | ||||||
| past participle | pleint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pleing | pleinz | pleint | pleignons | pleigniez | pleignent |
| imperfect | pleignoie, pleigneie | pleignoies, pleigneies | pleignoit, pleigneit | pleigniiens, pleigniens | pleigniiez, pleigniez | pleignoient, pleigneient | |
| preterite | pleins | pleinsis | pleinst | pleinsimes | pleinsistes | pleinstrent | |
| future | pleindrai | pleindras | pleindra | pleindrons | pleindroiz, pleindreiz, pleindrez | pleindront | |
| conditional | pleindroie, pleindreie | pleindroies, pleindreies | pleindroit, pleindreit | pleindriiens, pleindriens | pleindriiez, pleindriez | pleindroient, pleindreient | |
| 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 | pleigne | pleignes | pleigne | pleigniens, pleignons | pleigniez | pleignent |
| imperfect | pleinsisse | pleinsisses | pleinsist | pleinsissons, pleinsissiens | pleinsissoiz, pleinsissez, pleinsissiez | pleinsissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | pleing | — | pleignons | pleigniez | — | ||