descrire

Old French

Verb

descrire

alternative infinitive of descrivre.
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la desputizons dou croisie et dou descroisie.:
  Tu dis si grant abusion
  Que nus ne la porroit descrire[.]
  You say such lies
  That no-one could describe them

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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 descrire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		descrire			avoir descrit
gerund		en descrivant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		descrivant
past participle		descrit
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	descrif	descris	descrit	descrivons	descrivez	descrivent
	imperfect	descrivoie, descriveie	descrivoies, descriveies	descrivoit, descriveit	descriviiens, descriviens	descriviiez, descriviez	descrivoient, descriveient
	preterite	descris	descrisis, descresis	descrist	descrisimes, descresimes	descrisistes, descresistes	descristrent
	future	descrivrai, descrirai	descrivras, descriras	descrivra, descrira	descrivrons, descrirons	descrivroiz, descrivreiz, descrivrez, descriroiz, descrireiz, descrirez	descrivront, descriront
	conditional	descrivroie, descrivreie, descriroie, descrireie	descrivroies, descrivreies, descriroies, descrireies	descrivroit, descrivreit, descriroit, descrireit	descrivriiens, descrivriens, descririiens, descririens	descrivriiez, descrivriez, descririiez, descririez	descrivroient, descrivreient, descriroient, descrireient
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	descrive	descrives	descrive	descrivons	descrivez	descrivent
simple tenses	imperfect	descrisisse, descresisse	descrisisses, descresisses	descrisist, descresist	descrisissons, descrisissiens, descresissons, descresissiens	descrisissoiz, descrisissez, descrisissiez, descresissoiz, descresissez, descresissiez	descrisissent, descresissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	descrif	—	descrivons	descrivez	—

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