maudire
French
Etymology
From Old French maudire, maldire, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledīcere, present active infinitive of maledīcō (“I slander, curse”). Equivalent to mal + dire. Cf. the Old French form maleir, which may have been inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo.diʁ/
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Verb
maudire
- (transitive) to curse
Conjugation
This verb lost virtually all contact with its etymological cognate dire.This is almost a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. Its only irregularities are in the past participle, which is maudit(e)(s) rather than *maudi(e)(s), and in the infinitive, which is maudire rather than *maudir.
| infinitive | simple | maudire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | maudissant /mo.di.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | maudit /mo.di/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | maudis /mo.di/ | maudis /mo.di/ | maudit /mo.di/ | maudissons /mo.di.sɔ̃/ | maudissez /mo.di.se/ | maudissent /mo.dis/ |
| imperfect | maudissais /mo.di.sɛ/ | maudissais /mo.di.sɛ/ | maudissait /mo.di.sɛ/ | maudissions /mo.di.sjɔ̃/ | maudissiez /mo.di.sje/ | maudissaient /mo.di.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | maudis /mo.di/ | maudis /mo.di/ | maudit /mo.di/ | maudîmes /mo.dim/ | maudîtes /mo.dit/ | maudirent /mo.diʁ/ | |
| future | maudirai /mo.di.ʁe/ | maudiras /mo.di.ʁa/ | maudira /mo.di.ʁa/ | maudirons /mo.di.ʁɔ̃/ | maudirez /mo.di.ʁe/ | maudiront /mo.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | maudirais /mo.di.ʁɛ/ | maudirais /mo.di.ʁɛ/ | maudirait /mo.di.ʁɛ/ | maudirions /mo.di.ʁjɔ̃/ | maudiriez /mo.di.ʁje/ | maudiraient /mo.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 | maudisse /mo.dis/ | maudisses /mo.dis/ | maudisse /mo.dis/ | maudissions /mo.di.sjɔ̃/ | maudissiez /mo.di.sje/ | maudissent /mo.dis/ |
| imperfect2 | maudisse /mo.dis/ | maudisses /mo.dis/ | maudît /mo.di/ | maudissions /mo.di.sjɔ̃/ | maudissiez /mo.di.sje/ | maudissent /mo.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | maudis /mo.di/ | — | maudissons /mo.di.sɔ̃/ | maudissez /mo.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). | |||||||
See also
- bénir
Further reading
- “maudire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- maldire
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledīcere, present active infinitive of maledīcō (“I slander, curse”). Compare the form maleir, which may have been inherited.
Verb
maudire
- to curse
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | maudire | avoir maudiü | |||||
| gerund | en maudiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | maudiant | ||||||
| past participle | maudiü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | maudi | maudis | maudit | maudions | maudïez | maudïent |
| imperfect | maudioie, maudïeie | maudioies, maudïeies | maudioit, maudïeit | maudiiiens, maudiiens | maudiiiez, maudiiez | maudioient, maudïeient | |
| preterite | maudis | maudisis | maudist | maudisimes | maudisistes | maudistrent | |
| future | maudirai | maudiras | maudira | maudirons | maudiroiz, maudireiz, maudirez | maudiront | |
| conditional | maudiroie, maudireie | maudiroies, maudireies | maudiroit, maudireit | maudiriiens, maudiriens | maudiriiez, maudiriez | maudiroient, maudireient | |
| 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 | maudïe | maudïes | maudïe | maudions | maudïez | maudïent |
| imperfect | maudisisse | maudisisses | maudisist | maudisissons, maudisissiens | maudisissoiz, maudisissez, maudisissiez | maudisissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | maudi | — | maudions | maudïez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: maudire
See also
- mesparler
- beneïr