croissir

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin *crusciō (“to crush”), from Frankish *krustijan (“to crush, squeeze, squash”), from Proto-Germanic *kreustaną.

Verb

croissir

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to crush; to break; to crack; to snap
  2. to crack; to pop (making a cracking or popping noise)

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 croissir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive croissir avoir croissi
gerund en croississant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle croississant
past participle croissi
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present croissis croissis croissist croississons croississez croississent
imperfect croississoie, croississeie croississoies, croississeies croississoit, croississeit croississiiens, croississiens croississiiez, croississiez croississoient, croississeient
preterite croissi croissis croissi croissimes croissistes croissirent
future croissirai croissiras croissira croissirons croissiroiz, croissireiz, croissirez croissiront
conditional croissiroie, croissireie croissiroies, croissireies croissiroit, croissireit croissiriiens, croissiriens croissiriiez, croissiriez croissiroient, croissireient
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 croississe croississes croississe croississons croississez croississent
imperfect croississe croississes croissist croississons, croississiens croississoiz, croississez, croississiez croississent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— croissis — croississons croississez —

Descendants

  • Middle French: croissir
  • → Middle English: cruschen

References

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