ieuner

Middle French

Alternative forms

• ieusner

Etymology

Old French joner, from Latin ieiuno.

Verb

ieuner

1. to fast (abstain from food)

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of ieuner

infinitive	simple	ieuner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	ieunant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		ieuné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ieune	ieunes	ieune	ieunons	ieunez	ieunent
	imperfect	ieunois, ieunoys	ieunois, ieunoys	ieunoit, ieunoyt	ieunions, ieunyons	ieuniez, ieunyez	ieunoient, ieunoyent
	past historic	ieuna	ieunas	ieuna	ieunasmes	ieunastes	ieunerent
	future	ieunerai, ieuneray	ieuneras	ieunera	ieunerons	ieunerez	ieuneront
	conditional	ieunerois, ieuneroys	ieunerois, ieuneroys	ieuneroit, ieuneroyt	ieunerions, ieuneryons	ieuneriez, ieuneryez	ieuneroient, ieuneroyent
(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	ieune	ieunes	ieune	ieunons	ieunez	ieunent
	imperfect	ieunasse	ieunasses	ieunast	ieunassions	ieunassiez	ieunassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ieune	—	ieunons	ieunez	—
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).

Descendants

• French: jeûner