soingner

Middle French

Verb

soingner

1. to take care of (a task, etc.)
   • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:

     Entandis que les varlets soingnoient du soupper

     While the manservants were taking care of the supper

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of soingner

infinitive	simple	soingner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	soingnant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		soingné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	soingne	soingnes	soingne	soingnons	soingnez	soingnent
	imperfect	soingnois, soingnoys	soingnois, soingnoys	soingnoit, soingnoyt	soingnions, soingnyons	soingniez, soingnyez	soingnoient, soingnoyent
	past historic	soingna	soingnas	soingna	soingnasmes	soingnastes	soingnerent
	future	soingnerai, soingneray	soingneras	soingnera	soingnerons	soingnerez	soingneront
	conditional	soingnerois, soingneroys	soingnerois, soingneroys	soingneroit, soingneroyt	soingnerions, soingneryons	soingneriez, soingneryez	soingneroient, soingneroyent
(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	soingne	soingnes	soingne	soingnons	soingnez	soingnent
	imperfect	soingnasse	soingnasses	soingnast	soingnassions	soingnassiez	soingnassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	soingne	—	soingnons	soingnez	—
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: soigner