esbleuir

esbleuir

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin *exblaudire, from ex- + Frankish *blauþijan (“to weaken”). First known attestation circa 1165[1].

Verb

esbleuir

1. to dazzle

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of esbleuir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		esbleuir			avoir esbleui
gerund		en esbleuissant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		esbleuissant
past participle		esbleui
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esbleuis	esbleuis	esbleuist	esbleuissons	esbleuissez	esbleuissent
	imperfect	esbleuissoie, esbleuisseie	esbleuissoies, esbleuisseies	esbleuissoit, esbleuisseit	esbleuissiiens, esbleuissiens	esbleuissiiez, esbleuissiez	esbleuissoient, esbleuisseient
	preterite	esbleui	esbleuis	esbleui	esbleuimes	esbleuistes	esbleuirent
	future	esbleuirai	esbleuiras	esbleuira	esbleuirons	esbleuiroiz, esbleuireiz, esbleuirez	esbleuiront
	conditional	esbleuiroie, esbleuireie	esbleuiroies, esbleuireies	esbleuiroit, esbleuireit	esbleuiriiens, esbleuiriens	esbleuiriiez, esbleuiriez	esbleuiroient, esbleuireient
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	esbleuisse	esbleuisses	esbleuisse	esbleuissons	esbleuissez	esbleuissent
	imperfect	esbleuisse	esbleuisses	esbleuist	esbleuissons, esbleuissiens	esbleuissoiz, esbleuissez, esbleuissiez	esbleuissent
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	–
		—	esbleuis	—	esbleuissons	esbleuissez	—

References

1. Etymology and history of “éblouir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.