ruyner

Middle French

Etymology

Old French ruiner, from Medieval Latin ruino.

Verb

ruyner

1. to wreck; to decimate; to ruin; to destroy

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of ruyner

infinitive	simple	ruyner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	ruynant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		ruyné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ruyne	ruynes	ruyne	ruynons	ruynez	ruynent
	imperfect	ruynois, ruynoys	ruynois, ruynoys	ruynoit, ruynoyt	ruynions, ruynyons	ruyniez, ruynyez	ruynoient, ruynoyent
	past historic	ruyna	ruynas	ruyna	ruynasmes	ruynastes	ruynerent
	future	ruynerai, ruyneray	ruyneras	ruynera	ruynerons	ruynerez	ruyneront
	conditional	ruynerois, ruyneroys	ruynerois, ruyneroys	ruyneroit, ruyneroyt	ruynerions, ruyneryons	ruyneriez, ruyneryez	ruyneroient, ruyneroyent
(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	ruyne	ruynes	ruyne	ruynons	ruynez	ruynent
	imperfect	ruynasse	ruynasses	ruynast	ruynassions	ruynassiez	ruynassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ruyne	—	ruynons	ruynez	—
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: ruiner