descreistre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dēcrēscere, present active infinitive of dēcrēscō, or an internal formation from des- +‎ creistre.

Verb

descreistre

1. to decrease; to lessen; to diminish

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 descreistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		descreistre			aveir descreü
gerund		en descreissant			gerund of aveir + past participle
present participle		descreissant
past participle		descreü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	descreis	descreis	descreist	descreissons	descreissiez	descreissent
	imperfect	descreisseie	descreisseies	descreisseit	descreissiiens, descreissiens	descreissiiez, descreissiez	descreisseient
	preterite	descrui	descreüs	descrut	descreümes	descreüstes	descrurent
	future	descreistrai	descreistras	descreistra	descreistrons	descreistreiz, descreistrez	descreistront
	conditional	descreistreie	descreistreies	descreistreit	descreistriiens, descreistriens	descreistriiez, descreistriez	descreistreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of aveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of aveir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of aveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of aveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	descreisse	descreisses	descreisse	descreissiens, descreissons	descreissiez	descreissent
	imperfect	descreüsse	descreüsses	descreüst	descreüssons, descreüssiens	descreüsseiz, descreüssez, descreüssiez	descreüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	descreis	—	descreissons	descreissiez	—

Descendants

• → English: decrease
• French: décroître