deffendre
Middle French
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editdeffendre
- to defend
Old French
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editVerb
editdeffendre
- (transitive) to defend
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of deffendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | deffendre | avoir deffendu | |||||
gerund | en deffendant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | deffendant | ||||||
past participle | deffendu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | deffent | deffenz | deffent | deffendons | deffendez | deffendent |
imperfect | deffendoie, deffendeie | deffendoies, deffendeies | deffendoit, deffendeit | deffendiiens, deffendiens | deffendiiez, deffendiez | deffendoient, deffendeient | |
preterite | deffendi | deffendis | deffendié | deffendimes | deffendistes | deffendierent | |
future | deffendrai | deffendras | deffendra | deffendrons | deffendroiz, deffendreiz, deffendrez | deffendront | |
conditional | deffendroie, deffendreie | deffendroies, deffendreies | deffendroit, deffendreit | deffendriiens, deffendriens | deffendriiez, deffendriez | deffendroient, deffendreient | |
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 | deffende | deffendes | deffende | deffendons | deffendez | deffendent |
imperfect | deffendisse | deffendisses | deffendist | deffendissons, deffendissiens | deffendissoiz, deffendissez, deffendissiez | deffendissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | deffent | — | deffendons | deffendez | — |
Related terms
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- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French verbs
- Middle French third group verbs
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French transitive verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-i2 preterite
- Old French verbs ending in -re