deschirer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French eschirer and Provençal esqinar, which is from Germanic; see Old High German skerran.

Verb

deschirer

1. to rip up; to shred; to rip to shreds

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of deschirer

infinitive	simple	deschirer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	deschirant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		deschiré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	deschire	deschires	deschire	deschirons	deschirez	deschirent
	imperfect	deschirois, deschiroys	deschirois, deschiroys	deschiroit, deschiroyt	deschirions, deschiryons	deschiriez, deschiryez	deschiroient, deschiroyent
	past historic	deschira	deschiras	deschira	deschirasmes	deschirastes	deschirerent
	future	deschirerai, deschireray	deschireras	deschirera	deschirerons	deschirerez	deschireront
	conditional	deschirerois, deschireroys	deschirerois, deschireroys	deschireroit, deschireroyt	deschirerions, deschireryons	deschireriez, deschireryez	deschireroient, deschireroyent
(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	deschire	deschires	deschire	deschirons	deschirez	deschirent
	imperfect	deschirasse	deschirasses	deschirast	deschirassions	deschirassiez	deschirassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	deschire	—	deschirons	deschirez	—
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: déchirer