daigner
French
Etymology
From Old French deignier, from Vulgar Latin *dignāre, from Latin dīgnārī, present active infinitive of dīgnō. Compare Italian degnare.
Pronunciation
Verb
daigner
- to deign, condescend
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter II:
- Daignez, ô ma dame, avoir souvenance de ce coeur, votre sujet, qui souffre tant d’angoisses pour l’amour de vous.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Deign, O my lady, to have remembrance of this heart, your subject, who suffers so much distress for the love of you.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of daigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | daignant /dɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /de.ɲɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | daigné /dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | daigner | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | daignant /dɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /de.ɲɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | daigne /dɛɲ/ |
daignes /dɛɲ/ |
daigne /dɛɲ/ |
daignons /dɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /de.ɲɔ̃/ |
daignez /dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ |
daignent /dɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | daignais /dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ |
daignais /dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ |
daignait /dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ |
daignions /dɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲjɔ̃/ |
daigniez /dɛ.ɲje/ or /de.ɲje/ |
daignaient /dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | daignai /dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ |
daignas /dɛ.ɲa/ or /de.ɲa/ |
daigna /dɛ.ɲa/ or /de.ɲa/ |
daignâmes /dɛ.ɲam/ or /de.ɲam/ |
daignâtes /dɛ.ɲat/ or /de.ɲat/ |
daignèrent /dɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /de.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | daignerai /dɛɲ.ʁe/ |
daigneras /dɛɲ.ʁa/ |
daignera /dɛɲ.ʁa/ |
daignerons /dɛɲ.ʁɔ̃/ |
daignerez /dɛɲ.ʁe/ |
daigneront /dɛɲ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | daignerais /dɛɲ.ʁɛ/ |
daignerais /dɛɲ.ʁɛ/ |
daignerait /dɛɲ.ʁɛ/ |
daignerions /dɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
daigneriez /dɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ |
daigneraient /dɛɲ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | daigne /dɛɲ/ |
daignes /dɛɲ/ |
daigne /dɛɲ/ |
daignions /dɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲjɔ̃/ |
daigniez /dɛ.ɲje/ or /de.ɲje/ |
daignent /dɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | daignasse /dɛ.ɲas/ or /de.ɲas/ |
daignasses /dɛ.ɲas/ or /de.ɲas/ |
daignât /dɛ.ɲa/ or /de.ɲa/ |
daignassions /dɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
daignassiez /dɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /de.ɲa.sje/ |
daignassent /dɛ.ɲas/ or /de.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | daigne /dɛɲ/ |
— | daignons /dɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /de.ɲɔ̃/ |
daignez /dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “daigner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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