deignier
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dignāre, from Latin dīgnārī, present active infinitive of dīgnō.
Verb
deignier
- to deign; to condescend
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of deignier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | deignier | avoir deignié | |||||
| gerund | en deignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | deignant | ||||||
| past participle | deignié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | deing | deignes | deigne | deignons | deigniez | deignent |
| imperfect | deignoie, deigneie, deignoe, deignieve | deignoies, deigneies, deignoes, deignieves | deignoit, deigneit, deignot, deignieve | deigniiens, deigniens | deigniiez, deigniez | deignoient, deigneient, deignoent, deignievent | |
| preterite | deignai | deignas | deigna | deignames | deignastes | deignierent | |
| future | deignerai | deigneras | deignera | deignerons | deigneroiz, deignereiz, deignerez | deigneront | |
| conditional | deigneroie, deignereie | deigneroies, deignereies | deigneroit, deignereit | deigneriiens, deigneriens | deigneriiez, deigneriez | deigneroient, deignereient | |
| 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 | deing | deinz | deint | deignons | deigniez | deignent |
| imperfect | deignasse | deignasses | deignast | deignissons, deignissiens | deignissoiz, deignissez, deignissiez | deignassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | deigne | — | deignons | deigniez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: deign (borrowed)
- French: daigner