pleindre

Middle French

Alternative forms

• plaindre

Etymology

From Old French plaindre, pleindre.

Verb

pleindre

1. to cry out (in pain, etc.)

Descendants

• French: plaindre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin plangere, present active infinitive of plangō.

Verb

pleindre

1. Alternative form of plaindre
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Mult pleigneient e mult ploroent

     They cried a lot and they wailed a lot

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 pleindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pleindre			avoir pleint
gerund		en pleignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		pleignant
past participle		pleint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pleing	pleinz	pleint	pleignons	pleigniez	pleignent
	imperfect	pleignoie, pleigneie	pleignoies, pleigneies	pleignoit, pleigneit	pleigniiens, pleigniens	pleigniiez, pleigniez	pleignoient, pleigneient
	preterite	pleins	pleinsis	pleinst	pleinsimes	pleinsistes	pleinstrent
	future	pleindrai	pleindras	pleindra	pleindrons	pleindroiz, pleindreiz, pleindrez	pleindront
	conditional	pleindroie, pleindreie	pleindroies, pleindreies	pleindroit, pleindreit	pleindriiens, pleindriens	pleindriiez, pleindriez	pleindroient, pleindreient
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	pleigne	pleignes	pleigne	pleigniens, pleignons	pleigniez	pleignent
	imperfect	pleinsisse	pleinsisses	pleinsist	pleinsissons, pleinsissiens	pleinsissoiz, pleinsissez, pleinsissiez	pleinsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pleing	—	pleignons	pleigniez	—

Related terms

• pleinte