atraire

Old French

Alternative forms

• atreire

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *attragō, *attragere, from Latin attrahō (“to pull towards oneself”).

Verb

atraire

1. to attract

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 atraire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		atraire			avoir atrait
gerund		en atraiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		atraiant
past participle		atrait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	atrai	atrais	atrait	atraions	atraiiez, atraites	atraient
	imperfect	atraioie, atraieie	atraioies, atraieies	atraioit, atraieit	atraiiiens, atraiiens	atraiiiez, atraiiez	atraioient, atraieient
	preterite	atrais	atraisis	atraist	atraisimes	atraisistes	atraistrent
	future	atrairai	atrairas	atraira	atrairons	atrairoiz, atraireiz, atrairez	atrairont
	conditional	atrairoie, atraireie	atrairoies, atraireies	atrairoit, atraireit	atrairiiens, atrairiens	atrairiiez, atrairiez	atrairoient, atraireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	atraie	atraies	atraie	atraiiens, atraions	atraiiez	atraient
	imperfect	atraisisse	atraisisses	atraisist	atraisissons, atraisissiens	atraisissoiz, atraisissez, atraisissiez	atraisissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	atrai	—	atraions	atraiiez	—

Related terms

• traire
• retraire

Descendants

• French: attraire