destaindre

Middle French

Etymology

Old French destaindre.

Verb

destaindre

1. to put out; to extinguish (a fire, etc.)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (desteindre)

Old French

Etymology

des- +‎ taindre.

Verb

destaindre

1. to bleach (to remove the color from)

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 destaindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		destaindre			avoir destaint
gerund		en destaignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		destaignant
past participle		destaint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	destaing	destainz	destaint	destaignons	destaigniez	destaignent
	imperfect	destaignoie, destaigneie	destaignoies, destaigneies	destaignoit, destaigneit	destaigniiens, destaigniens	destaigniiez, destaigniez	destaignoient, destaigneient
	preterite	destains	destainsis	destainst	destainsimes	destainsistes	destainstrent
	future	destaindrai	destaindras	destaindra	destaindrons	destaindroiz, destaindreiz, destaindrez	destaindront
	conditional	destaindroie, destaindreie	destaindroies, destaindreies	destaindroit, destaindreit	destaindriiens, destaindriens	destaindriiez, destaindriez	destaindroient, destaindreient
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	destaigne	destaignes	destaigne	destaigniens, destaignons	destaigniez	destaignent
	imperfect	destainsisse	destainsisses	destainsist	destainsissons, destainsissiens	destainsissoiz, destainsissez, destainsissiez	destainsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	destaing	—	destaignons	destaigniez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: desteynen
  • English: destain
• French: déteindre

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (desteindre, supplement)