deffendre
Middle French
Verb
deffendre
- to defend
Old French
Alternative forms
- defandre
- defendre
- desfendre
Etymology
Latin dēfendō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈfãn.drə/
Verb
deffendre
- (transitive) to defend
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of deffendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | deffendre | avoir deffendu | |||||
| gerund | en deffendant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | deffendant | ||||||
| past participle | deffendu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | deffent | deffenz | deffent | deffendons | deffendez | deffendent |
| imperfect | deffendoie, deffendeie | deffendoies, deffendeies | deffendoit, deffendeit | deffendiiens, deffendiens | deffendiiez, deffendiez | deffendoient, deffendeient | |
| preterite | deffendi | deffendis | deffendié | deffendimes | deffendistes | deffendierent | |
| future | deffendrai | deffendras | deffendra | deffendrons | deffendroiz, deffendreiz, deffendrez | deffendront | |
| conditional | deffendroie, deffendreie | deffendroies, deffendreies | deffendroit, deffendreit | deffendriiens, deffendriens | deffendriiez, deffendriez | deffendroient, deffendreient | |
| 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 | deffende | deffendes | deffende | deffendons | deffendez | deffendent |
| imperfect | deffendisse | deffendisses | deffendist | deffendissons, deffendissiens | deffendissoiz, deffendissez, deffendissiez | deffendissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | deffent | — | deffendons | deffendez | — | ||
Related terms
- deffense
Descendants
- English: defend
- Norman: d'fendre
- French: défendre