estirer

Middle French

Verb

estirer

1. to stretch

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of estirer

infinitive	simple	estirer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	estirant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		estiré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	estire	estires	estire	estirons	estirez	estirent
	imperfect	estirois, estiroys	estirois, estiroys	estiroit, estiroyt	estirions, estiryons	estiriez, estiryez	estiroient, estiroyent
	past historic	estira	estiras	estira	estirasmes	estirastes	estirerent
	future	estirerai, estireray	estireras	estirera	estirerons	estirerez	estireront
	conditional	estirerois, estireroys	estirerois, estireroys	estireroit, estireroyt	estirerions, estireryons	estireriez, estireryez	estireroient, estireroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	estire	estires	estire	estirons	estirez	estirent
	imperfect	estirasse	estirasses	estirast	estirassions	estirassiez	estirassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	estire	—	estirons	estirez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: étirer