gaimenter

Middle French

Verb

gaimenter

1. to lament; to bemoan; to bewail

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of gaimenter

infinitive	simple	gaimenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	gaimentant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		gaimenté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gaimente	gaimentes	gaimente	gaimentons	gaimentez	gaimentent
	imperfect	gaimentois, gaimentoys	gaimentois, gaimentoys	gaimentoit, gaimentoyt	gaimentions, gaimentyons	gaimentiez, gaimentyez	gaimentoient, gaimentoyent
	past historic	gaimenta	gaimentas	gaimenta	gaimentasmes	gaimentastes	gaimenterent
	future	gaimenterai, gaimenteray	gaimenteras	gaimentera	gaimenterons	gaimenterez	gaimenteront
	conditional	gaimenterois, gaimenteroys	gaimenterois, gaimenteroys	gaimenteroit, gaimenteroyt	gaimenterions, gaimenteryons	gaimenteriez, gaimenteryez	gaimenteroient, gaimenteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	gaimente	gaimentes	gaimente	gaimentons	gaimentez	gaimentent
	imperfect	gaimentasse	gaimentasses	gaimentast	gaimentassions	gaimentassiez	gaimentassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gaimente	—	gaimentons	gaimentez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Old French

Alternative forms

• guaimenter, gueimenter, waimenter, weimenter

Etymology

Blend of gway, way (“woe, misfortune”), from Frankish *wai (“woe”), and Latin lamentō (“to lament, bewail”)

Verb

gaimenter

1. to lament, bemoan, bewail
   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

     Chacuns la pleure et la gaimente

     Each one of them cried for her and lamented for her

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of gaimenter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		gaimenter			avoir gaimenté
gerund		en gaimentant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		gaimentant
past participle		gaimenté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	gaiment	gaimentes	gaimente	gaimentons	gaimentez	gaimentent
	imperfect	gaimentoie, gaimenteie, gaimentoe, gaimenteve	gaimentoies, gaimenteies, gaimentoes, gaimenteves	gaimentoit, gaimenteit, gaimentot, gaimenteve	gaimentiiens, gaimentiens	gaimentiiez, gaimentiez	gaimentoient, gaimenteient, gaimentoent, gaimentevent
	preterite	gaimentai	gaimentas	gaimenta	gaimentames	gaimentastes	gaimenterent
	future	gaimenterai	gaimenteras	gaimentera	gaimenterons	gaimenteroiz, gaimentereiz, gaimenterez	gaimenteront
	conditional	gaimenteroie, gaimentereie	gaimenteroies, gaimentereies	gaimenteroit, gaimentereit	gaimenteriiens, gaimenteriens	gaimenteriiez, gaimenteriez	gaimenteroient, gaimentereient
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	gaiment	gaimenz	gaiment	gaimentons	gaimentez	gaimentent
	imperfect	gaimentasse	gaimentasses	gaimentast	gaimentissons, gaimentissiens	gaimentissoiz, gaimentissez, gaimentissiez	gaimentassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	gaimente	—	gaimentons	gaimentez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: guementer, gamanter, gaimenter
• Middle French: guermenter, garmenter
• → Middle English: weymenten, waymenten
  • English: wayment
• ⇒ Old French: guaiment, waiment
  • → Middle English: wayment, weyment