renaistre

Old French

Alternative forms

• renestre

Etymology

Latin renascor

Verb

renaistre

1. to be reborn

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 renaistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		renaistre			avoir renascu, rené
gerund		en renaissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		renaissant
past participle		renascu, rené
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	renais	renais	renaist	renaissons	renaissiez	renaissent
	imperfect	renaissoie, renaisseie	renaissoies, renaisseies	renaissoit, renaisseit	renaissiiens, renaissiens	renaissiiez, renaissiez	renaissoient, renaisseient
	preterite	renasqui	renasquis	renasquié	renasquimes	renasquistes	renasquierent
	future	renaistrai	renaistras	renaistra	renaistrons	renaistroiz, renaistreiz, renaistrez	renaistront
	conditional	renaistroie, renaistreie	renaistroies, renaistreies	renaistroit, renaistreit	renaistriiens, renaistriens	renaistriiez, renaistriez	renaistroient, renaistreient
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	renaisse	renaisses	renaisse	renaissiens, renaissons	renaissiez	renaissent
	imperfect	renasquisse	renasquisses	renasquist	renasquissons, renasquissiens	renasquissoiz, renasquissez, renasquissiez	renasquissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	renais	—	renaissons	renaissiez	—

Descendants

• French: renaître