ataindre

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *attangere, from Latin attingere, present active infinitive of attingō

Verb

ataindre

to reach
- c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou‎:
  S'il vos poent ataindre, ja vos areient tué.
  If they could range you, they would have already killed you.
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 163 of this essay:
  toutes choses qui ataine le corps
  everything that reaches the body.

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 ataindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ataindre			avoir ataint
gerund		en ataignant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		ataignant
past participle		ataint
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ataing	atainz	ataint	ataignons	ataigniez	ataignent
	imperfect	ataignoie, ataigneie	ataignoies, ataigneies	ataignoit, ataigneit	ataigniiens, ataigniens	ataigniiez, ataigniez	ataignoient, ataigneient
	preterite	atains	atainsis	atainst	atainsimes	atainsistes	atainstrent
	future	ataindrai	ataindras	ataindra	ataindrons	ataindroiz, ataindreiz, ataindrez	ataindront
	conditional	ataindroie, ataindreie	ataindroies, ataindreies	ataindroit, ataindreit	ataindriiens, ataindriens	ataindriiez, ataindriez	ataindroient, ataindreient
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	ataigne, atange	ataignes, atanges	ataigne, atange	ataigniens, ataignons, atangiens, atanjons	ataigniez, atangiez	ataignent, atangent
simple tenses	imperfect	atainsisse	atainsisses	atainsist	atainsissons, atainsissiens	atainsissoiz, atainsissez, atainsissiez	atainsissent
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		—	ataing	—	ataignons	ataigniez	—

Descendants

→ English: attain
French: atteindre

References

“atteindre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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