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ataindre
ataindre
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
ataindre
- to reach
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
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S'il vos poent ataindre, ja vos areient tué.
- If they could range you, they would have already killed you.
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S'il vos poent ataindre, ja vos areient tué.
- 1303, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 163 of this essay:
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toutes choses qui ataine le corps
- everything that reaches the body.
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toutes choses qui ataine le corps
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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 ataindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ataindre | avoir ataint | |||||
| gerund | en ataignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | ataignant | ||||||
| past participle | ataint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | ataing | atainz | ataint | ataignons | ataigniez | ataignent |
| imperfect | ataignoie, ataigneie | ataignoies, ataigneies | ataignoit, ataigneit | ataigniiens, ataigniens | ataigniiez, ataigniez | ataignoient, ataigneient | |
| preterite | atains | atainsis | atainst | atainsimes | atainsistes | atainstrent | |
| future | ataindrai | ataindras | ataindra | ataindrons | ataindroiz, ataindreiz, ataindrez | ataindront | |
| conditional | ataindroie, ataindreie | ataindroies, ataindreies | ataindroit, ataindreit | ataindriiens, ataindriens | ataindriiez, ataindriez | ataindroient, ataindreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | ataigne, atange | ataignes, atanges | ataigne, atange | ataigniens, ataignons, atangiens, atanjons | ataigniez, atangiez | ataignent, atangent |
| imperfect | atainsisse | atainsisses | atainsist | atainsissons, atainsissiens | atainsissoiz, atainsissez, atainsissiez | atainsissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | ataing | — | ataignons | ataigniez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- “atteindre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).