ataindre

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *attangere, from Latin attingere, present active infinitive of attingō.

Verb

ataindre

  1. to reach
    • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou‎:
      S'il vos poent ataindre, ja vos areient tué.
      If they could range you, they would have already killed you.
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 163 of this essay:
      toutes choses qui ataine le corps
      everything that reaches the body.

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 ataindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive ataindre avoir ataint
gerund en ataignant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle ataignant
past participle ataint
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present ataing atainz ataint ataignons ataigniez ataignent
imperfect ataignoie, ataigneie ataignoies, ataigneies ataignoit, ataigneit ataigniiens, ataigniens ataigniiez, ataigniez ataignoient, ataigneient
preterite atains atainsis atainst atainsimes atainsistes atainstrent
future ataindrai ataindras ataindra ataindrons ataindroiz, ataindreiz, ataindrez ataindront
conditional ataindroie, ataindreie ataindroies, ataindreies ataindroit, ataindreit ataindriiens, ataindriens ataindriiez, ataindriez ataindroient, ataindreient
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 ataigne, atange ataignes, atanges ataigne, atange ataigniens, ataignons, atangiens, atanjons ataigniez, atangiez ataignent, atangent
imperfect atainsisse atainsisses atainsist atainsissons, atainsissiens atainsissoiz, atainsissez, atainsissiez atainsissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— ataing — ataignons ataigniez —

Descendants

  • → English: attain
  • French: atteindre

References

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