paindre

Middle French

Etymology

Old French peindre, from Latin pingō

Verb

paindre

1. to paint (cover with paint)
2. to paint (create an image with paint)

Descendants

• French: peindre

Old French

Verb

paindre

1. Alternative form of peindre

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.

		simple			compound
infinitive		paindre			avoir paint
gerund		en paignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		paignant
past participle		paint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	paing	painz	paint	paignons	paigniez	paignent
	imperfect	paignoie, paigneie	paignoies, paigneies	paignoit, paigneit	paigniiens, paigniens	paigniiez, paigniez	paignoient, paigneient
	preterite	pains	painsis	painst	painsimes	painsistes	painstrent
	future	paindrai	paindras	paindra	paindrons	paindroiz, paindreiz, paindrez	paindront
	conditional	paindroie, paindreie	paindroies, paindreies	paindroit, paindreit	paindriiens, paindriens	paindriiez, paindriez	paindroient, paindreient
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	paigne	paignes	paigne	paigniens, paignons	paigniez	paignent
	imperfect	painsisse	painsisses	painsist	painsissons, painsissiens	painsissoiz, painsissez, painsissiez	painsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	paing	—	paignons	paigniez	—

    Conjugation of paindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)