naistre

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French naistre.

Verb

naistre

1. to be born

Descendants

• French: naître, naitre

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Old French

Alternative forms

• nestre

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nascĕre, from Latin nāscor, nāscī.

Verb

naistre

1. to be born

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 naistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		naistre			avoir nascu, né
gerund		en naissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		naissant
past participle		nascu, né
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	nais	nais	naist	naissons	naissiez	naissent
	imperfect	naissoie, naisseie	naissoies, naisseies	naissoit, naisseit	naissiiens, naissiens	naissiiez, naissiez	naissoient, naisseient
	preterite	nasqui	nasquis	nasquié	nasquimes	nasquistes	nasquierent
	future	naistrai	naistras	naistra	naistrons	naistroiz, naistreiz, naistrez	naistront
	conditional	naistroie, naistreie	naistroies, naistreies	naistroit, naistreit	naistriiens, naistriens	naistriiez, naistriez	naistroient, naistreient
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	naisse	naisses	naisse	naissiens, naissons	naissiez	naissent
	imperfect	nasquisse	nasquisses	nasquist	nasquissons, nasquissiens	nasquissoiz, nasquissez, nasquissiez	nasquissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	nais	—	naissons	naissiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: naistre
  • French: naître
• Bourguignon: nâtre
• Norman: naître
• Walloon: nexhe