laidir
See also: làidir and láidir
French
Etymology
laid (“ugly”) + -ir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛ.diʁ/, /le.diʁ/
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Verb
laidir
- (intransitive) to uglify (become ugly)
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of laidir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | laidir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | laidissant /lɛ.di.sɑ̃/ or /le.di.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | laidi /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | laidis /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/ | laidis /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/ | laidit /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/ | laidissons /lɛ.di.sɔ̃/ or /le.di.sɔ̃/ | laidissez /lɛ.di.se/ or /le.di.se/ | laidissent /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/ |
| imperfect | laidissais /lɛ.di.sɛ/ or /le.di.sɛ/ | laidissais /lɛ.di.sɛ/ or /le.di.sɛ/ | laidissait /lɛ.di.sɛ/ or /le.di.sɛ/ | laidissions /lɛ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /le.di.sjɔ̃/ | laidissiez /lɛ.di.sje/ or /le.di.sje/ | laidissaient /lɛ.di.sɛ/ or /le.di.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | laidis /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/ | laidis /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/ | laidit /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/ | laidîmes /lɛ.dim/ or /le.dim/ | laidîtes /lɛ.dit/ or /le.dit/ | laidirent /lɛ.diʁ/ or /le.diʁ/ | |
| future | laidirai /lɛ.di.ʁe/ or /le.di.ʁe/ | laidiras /lɛ.di.ʁa/ or /le.di.ʁa/ | laidira /lɛ.di.ʁa/ or /le.di.ʁa/ | laidirons /lɛ.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /le.di.ʁɔ̃/ | laidirez /lɛ.di.ʁe/ or /le.di.ʁe/ | laidiront /lɛ.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /le.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | laidirais /lɛ.di.ʁɛ/ or /le.di.ʁɛ/ | laidirais /lɛ.di.ʁɛ/ or /le.di.ʁɛ/ | laidirait /lɛ.di.ʁɛ/ or /le.di.ʁɛ/ | laidirions /lɛ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ or /le.di.ʁjɔ̃/ | laidiriez /lɛ.di.ʁje/ or /le.di.ʁje/ | laidiraient /lɛ.di.ʁɛ/ or /le.di.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | laidisse /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/ | laidisses /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/ | laidisse /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/ | laidissions /lɛ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /le.di.sjɔ̃/ | laidissiez /lɛ.di.sje/ or /le.di.sje/ | laidissent /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/ |
| imperfect2 | laidisse /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/ | laidisses /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/ | laidît /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/ | laidissions /lɛ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /le.di.sjɔ̃/ | laidissiez /lɛ.di.sje/ or /le.di.sje/ | laidissent /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | laidis /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/ | — | laidissons /lɛ.di.sɔ̃/ or /le.di.sɔ̃/ | laidissez /lɛ.di.se/ or /le.di.se/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “laidir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Verb
laidir
- to offend
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 laidir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | laidir | avoir laidi | |||||
| gerund | en laidissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | laidissant | ||||||
| past participle | laidi | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | laidis | laidis | laidist | laidissons | laidissez | laidissent |
| imperfect | laidissoie, laidisseie | laidissoies, laidisseies | laidissoit, laidisseit | laidissiiens, laidissiens | laidissiiez, laidissiez | laidissoient, laidisseient | |
| preterite | laidi | laidis | laidi | laidimes | laidistes | laidirent | |
| future | laidirai | laidiras | laidira | laidirons | laidiroiz, laidireiz, laidirez | laidiront | |
| conditional | laidiroie, laidireie | laidiroies, laidireies | laidiroit, laidireit | laidiriiens, laidiriens | laidiriiez, laidiriez | laidiroient, laidireient | |
| 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 | laidisse | laidisses | laidisse | laidissons | laidissez | laidissent |
| imperfect | laidisse | laidisses | laidist | laidissons, laidissiens | laidissoiz, laidissez, laidissiez | laidissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | laidis | — | laidissons | laidissez | — | ||