From Old French destruire, from Vulgar Latin *destrugere, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I build”).
destruire
From Vulgar Latin *destrugere, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I build”).
destruire
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | destruire | avoir destruit | |||||
gerund | en destruisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | destruisant | ||||||
past participle | destruit | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | destrui | destruis | destruit | destruions | destruiiez | destruient |
imperfect | destruisoie, destruiseie | destruisoies, destruiseies | destruisoit, destruiseit | destruisiiens, destruisiens | destruisiiez, destruisiez | destruisoient, destruiseient | |
preterite | destruis | destruisis | destruist | destruisimes | destruisistes | destruistrent | |
future | destruirai | destruiras | destruira | destruirons | destruiroiz, destruireiz, destruirez | destruiront | |
conditional | destruiroie, destruireie | destruiroies, destruireies | destruiroit, destruireit | destruiriiens, destruiriens | destruiriiez, destruiriez | destruiroient, destruireient | |
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 | destruie | destruies | destruie | destruiiens, destruions | destruiiez | destruient |
imperfect | destruisisse | destruisisses | destruisist | destruisissons, destruisissiens | destruisissoiz, destruisissez, destruisissiez | destruisissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | destrui | — | destruions | destruiiez | — |