paistre

Old French

Alternative forms

pestre (rare)

Etymology

From Latin pascere, present active infinitive of pascō.

Verb

paistre

(of an animal) to graze (ingest grass and other plants)

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 paistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		paistre			avoir peu
gerund		en paissant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		paissant
past participle		peu
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pais	pais	paist	paissons	paissiez	paissent
	imperfect	paissoie, paisseie	paissoies, paisseies	paissoit, paisseit	paissiiens, paissiens	paissiiez, paissiez	paissoient, paisseient
	preterite	poi	peüs	pot	peümes	peüstes	porent
	future	paistrai	paistras	paistra	paistrons	paistroiz, paistreiz, paistrez	paistront
	conditional	paistroie, paistreie	paistroies, paistreies	paistroit, paistreit	paistriiens, paistriens	paistriiez, paistriez	paistroient, paistreient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	paisse	paisses	paisse	paissiens, paissons	paissiez	paissent
simple tenses	imperfect	peüsse	peüsses	peüst	peüssons, peüssiens	peüssoiz, peüssez, peüssiez	peüssent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	pais	—	paissons	paissiez	—

Descendants

French: paître

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