croistre

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French croistre.

Verb

croistre

  1. grow

Descendants

  • French: croître

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crēscere.

Pronunciation

  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈkɾoi̯stɾə/, (northern) /ˈkɾei̯-/

Verb

croistre

  1. grow

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 croistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive croistre avoir creü
gerund en croissant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle croissant
past participle creü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present crois crois croist croissons croissiez croissent
imperfect croissoie, croisseie croissoies, croisseies croissoit, croisseit croissiiens, croissiens croissiiez, croissiez croissoient, croisseient
preterite crui creüs crut creümes creüstes crurent
future croistrai croistras croistra croistrons croistroiz, croistreiz, croistrez croistront
conditional croistroie, croistreie croistroies, croistreies croistroit, croistreit croistriiens, croistriens croistriiez, croistriez croistroient, croistreient
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 croisse croisses croisse croissiens, croissons croissiez croissent
imperfect creüsse creüsses creüst creüssons, creüssiens creüssoiz, creüssez, creüssiez creüssent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— crois — croissons croissiez —

Descendants

References

  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152
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