compleindre

Old French

Verb

compleindre

1. to have compassion
2. to lament; to bewail
3. to complain

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 compleindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		compleindre			avoir compleint
gerund		en compleignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		compleignant
past participle		compleint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	compleing	compleinz	compleint	compleignons	compleigniez	compleignent
	imperfect	compleignoie, compleigneie	compleignoies, compleigneies	compleignoit, compleigneit	compleigniiens, compleigniens	compleigniiez, compleigniez	compleignoient, compleigneient
	preterite	compleins	compleinsis	compleinst	compleinsimes	compleinsistes	compleinstrent
	future	compleindrai	compleindras	compleindra	compleindrons	compleindroiz, compleindreiz, compleindrez	compleindront
	conditional	compleindroie, compleindreie	compleindroies, compleindreies	compleindroit, compleindreit	compleindriiens, compleindriens	compleindriiez, compleindriez	compleindroient, compleindreient
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	compleigne	compleignes	compleigne	compleigniens, compleignons	compleigniez	compleignent
	imperfect	compleinsisse	compleinsisses	compleinsist	compleinsissons, compleinsissiens	compleinsissoiz, compleinsissez, compleinsissiez	compleinsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	compleing	—	compleignons	compleigniez	—

Descendants

• English: to complain