daigner

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French deignier, from Latin dignāre. Compare Italian degnare.

Pronunciation

Verb

daigner

  1. to deign, condescend
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎fr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter II:
      Daignez, ô ma dame, avoir souvenance de ce cœur, votre sujet, qui souffre tant d’angoisses pour l’amour de vous.
      Deign, O my lady, to have remembrance of this heart, your subject, who suffers so much distress for the love of you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of daigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple daigner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple daignant
/dɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /de.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle daigné
/dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present daigne
/dɛɲ/ 		daignes
/dɛɲ/ 		daigne
/dɛɲ/ 		daignons
/dɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /de.ɲɔ̃/ 		daignez
/dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ 		daignent
/dɛɲ/
imperfect daignais
/dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ 		daignais
/dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ 		daignait
/dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ 		daignions
/dɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲjɔ̃/ 		daigniez
/dɛ.ɲje/ or /de.ɲje/ 		daignaient
/dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/
past historic2 daignai
/dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ 		daignas
/dɛ.ɲa/ or /de.ɲa/ 		daigna
/dɛ.ɲa/ or /de.ɲa/ 		daignâmes
/dɛ.ɲam/ or /de.ɲam/ 		daignâtes
/dɛ.ɲat/ or /de.ɲat/ 		daignèrent
/dɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /de.ɲɛʁ/
future daignerai
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /de.ɲə.ʁe/ 		daigneras
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /de.ɲə.ʁa/ 		daignera
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /de.ɲə.ʁa/ 		daignerons
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		daignerez
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /de.ɲə.ʁe/ 		daigneront
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional daignerais
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		daignerais
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		daignerait
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		daignerions
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		daigneriez
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /de.ɲə.ʁje/ 		daigneraient
/dɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present daigne
/dɛɲ/ 		daignes
/dɛɲ/ 		daigne
/dɛɲ/ 		daignions
/dɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲjɔ̃/ 		daigniez
/dɛ.ɲje/ or /de.ɲje/ 		daignent
/dɛɲ/
imperfect2 daignasse
/dɛ.ɲas/ or /de.ɲas/ 		daignasses
/dɛ.ɲas/ or /de.ɲas/ 		daignât
/dɛ.ɲa/ or /de.ɲa/ 		daignassions
/dɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		daignassiez
/dɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /de.ɲa.sje/ 		daignassent
/dɛ.ɲas/ or /de.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — daigne
/dɛɲ/ 		— daignons
/dɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /de.ɲɔ̃/ 		daignez
/dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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