reignier
Old French
Alternative forms
- rainer
- rener
- regnier
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rēgnō, rēgnāre.
Verb
reignier
- to reign (act as a monarch)
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 reignier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | reignier | avoir reignié | |||||
| gerund | en reignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | reignant | ||||||
| past participle | reignié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | reing | reignes | reigne | reignons | reigniez | reignent |
| imperfect | reignoie, reigneie, reignoe, reignieve | reignoies, reigneies, reignoes, reignieves | reignoit, reigneit, reignot, reignieve | reigniiens, reigniens | reigniiez, reigniez | reignoient, reigneient, reignoent, reignievent | |
| preterite | reignai | reignas | reigna | reignames | reignastes | reignierent | |
| future | reignerai | reigneras | reignera | reignerons | reigneroiz, reignereiz, reignerez | reigneront | |
| conditional | reigneroie, reignereie | reigneroies, reignereies | reigneroit, reignereit | reigneriiens, reigneriens | reigneriiez, reigneriez | reigneroient, reignereient | |
| 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 | reing | reinz | reint | reignons | reigniez | reignent |
| imperfect | reignasse | reignasses | reignast | reignissons, reignissiens | reignissoiz, reignissez, reignissiez | reignassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | reigne | — | reignons | reigniez | — | ||
Synonyms
- governer
Descendants
- English: reign (borrowed)
- French: régner