paistre

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pascere.

Verb

paistre

  1. (of an animal) to graze (ingest grass and other plants)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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.

    Conjugation of paistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive paistre avoir peü
gerund en paissant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle paissant
past participle peü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present pais pais paist paissons paissiez paissent
imperfect paissoie, paisseie paissoies, paisseies paissoit, paisseit paissiiens, paissiens paissiiez, paissiez paissoient, paisseient
preterite poi peüs pot peümes peüstes porent
future paistrai paistras paistra paistrons paistroiz, paistreiz, paistrez paistront
conditional paistroie, paistreie paistroies, paistreies paistroit, paistreit paistriiens, paistriens paistriiez, paistriez paistroient, paistreient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present paisse paisses paisse paissiens, paissons paissiez paissent
imperfect peüsse peüsses peüst peüssons, peüssiens peüssoiz, peüssez, peüssiez peüssent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— pais — paissons paissiez —

Descendants

  • French: paître
  • Norman: paître
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