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croistre
croistre
Old French
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Etymology
Verb
croistre
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 croistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | croistre | avoir creü | |||||
| gerund | en croissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | croissant | ||||||
| past participle | creü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | crois | crois | croist | croissons | croissiez | croissent |
| imperfect | croissoie, croisseie | croissoies, croisseies | croissoit, croisseit | croissiiens, croissiens | croissiiez, croissiez | croissoient, croisseient | |
| preterite | crui | creüs | crut | creümes | creüstes | crurent | |
| future | croistrai | croistras | croistra | croistrons | croistroiz, croistreiz, croistrez | croistront | |
| conditional | croistroie, croistreie | croistroies, croistreies | croistroit, croistreit | croistriiens, croistriens | croistriiez, croistriez | croistroient, croistreient | |
| 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 | croisse | croisses | croisse | croissiens, croissons | croissiez | croissent |
| imperfect | creüsse | creüsses | creüst | creüssons, creüssiens | creüssoiz, creüssez, creüssiez | creüssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | crois | — | croissons | croissiez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-09838-6, page 152