soustenir

Middle French

Alternative forms

soubtenir

Etymology

From Old French soustenir.

Verb

soustenir

to keep up; to sustain

Descendants

French: soutenir

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sustenīre, from Latin sustinēre, present active infinitive of sustineō.

Verb

soustenir

to keep up; to sustain
to bear (suffering, a burden, punishment, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem soustien distinct from the unstressed stem sousten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		soustenir			avoir soustenu
gerund		en soustenant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		soustenant
past participle		soustenu
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	soustieng, soustien	soustiens	soustient	soustenons	soustenez	soustienent
	imperfect	soustenoie, sousteneie	soustenoies, sousteneies	soustenoit, sousteneit	sousteniiens, sousteniens	sousteniiez, sousteniez	soustenoient, sousteneient
	preterite	soustin	soustenis	soustint	soustenimes	soustenistes	soustindrent, soustinrent
	future	soustendrai	soustendras	soustendra	soustendrons	soustendroiz, soustendreiz, soustendrez	soustendront
	conditional	soustendroie, soustendreie	soustendroies, soustendreies	soustendroit, soustendreit	soustendriiens, soustendriens	soustendriiez, soustendriez	soustendroient, soustendreient
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	soustiegne	soustiegnes	soustiegne	soustiegniens, soustiegnons	soustiegniez	soustiegnent
simple tenses	imperfect	soustenisse	soustenisses	soustenist	soustenissons, soustenissiens	soustenissoiz, soustenissez, soustenissiez	soustenissent
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		—	soustien	—	soustenons	soustenez	—

Descendants

→ English: sustain
Middle French: soustenir
- French: soutenir

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (soustenir, supplement)

sustenir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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