destraindre

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin dēstringere, present active infinitive of dēstringō.

Verb

destraindre

  1. to press on; to apply force to
  2. to restrain; to hold back
  3. to imprison

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 destraindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive destraindre avoir destraint
gerund en destraignant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle destraignant
past participle destraint
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present destraing destrainz destraint destraignons destraigniez destraignent
imperfect destraignoie, destraigneie destraignoies, destraigneies destraignoit, destraigneit destraigniiens, destraigniens destraigniiez, destraigniez destraignoient, destraigneient
preterite destrains destrainsis destrainst destrainsimes destrainsistes destrainstrent
future destraindrai destraindras destraindra destraindrons destraindroiz, destraindreiz, destraindrez destraindront
conditional destraindroie, destraindreie destraindroies, destraindreies destraindroit, destraindreit destraindriiens, destraindriens destraindriiez, destraindriez destraindroient, destraindreient
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 destraigne, destrange destraignes, destranges destraigne, destrange destraigniens, destraignons, destrangiens, destranjons destraigniez, destrangiez destraignent, destrangent
imperfect destrainsisse destrainsisses destrainsist destrainsissons, destrainsissiens destrainsissoiz, destrainsissez, destrainsissiez destrainsissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— destraing — destraignons destraigniez —

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