croistre

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French croistre, creistre, from Latin crēscere, present active infinitive of crēscō.

Verb

croistre

  1. to increase; to augment

Descendants
  • French: croître

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin crēscere, present active infinitive of crēscō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾoi̯stɾə/

Verb

croistre

  1. to increase; to augment

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 croistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive croistre avoir creü
gerund en croissant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle croissant
past participle creü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present crois crois croist croissons croissiez croissent
imperfect croissoie, croisseie croissoies, croisseies croissoit, croisseit croissiiens, croissiens croissiiez, croissiez croissoient, croisseient
preterite crui creüs crut creümes creüstes crurent
future croistrai croistras croistra croistrons croistroiz, croistreiz, croistrez croistront
conditional croistroie, croistreie croistroies, croistreies croistroit, croistreit croistriiens, croistriens croistriiez, croistriez croistroient, croistreient
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 croisse croisses croisse croissiens, croissons croissiez croissent
imperfect creüsse creüsses creüst creüssons, creüssiens creüssoiz, creüssez, creüssiez creüssent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— crois — croissons croissiez —

Descendants

References
  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152
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