engignier

Old French

Alternative forms

• enjaner, enganer (dialectal)

Etymology

From Late Latin and Vulgar Latin ingannāre, from Latin ganniō.

Verb

engignier

1. to create; to make
2. to trick; to deceive

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		engignier			avoir engignié
gerund		en engignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		engignant
past participle		engignié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enging	engignes	engigne	engignons	engigniez	engignent
	imperfect	engignoie, engigneie, engignoe, engignieve	engignoies, engigneies, engignoes, engignieves	engignoit, engigneit, engignot, engignieve	engigniiens, engigniens	engigniiez, engigniez	engignoient, engigneient, engignoent, engignievent
	preterite	engignai	engignas	engigna	engignames	engignastes	engignierent
	future	engignerai	engigneras	engignera	engignerons	engigneroiz, engignereiz, engignerez	engigneront
	conditional	engigneroie, engignereie	engigneroies, engignereies	engigneroit, engignereit	engigneriiens, engigneriens	engigneriiez, engigneriez	engigneroient, engignereient
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	enging	enginz	engint	engignons	engigniez	engignent
	imperfect	engignasse	engignasses	engignast	engignissons, engignissiens	engignissoiz, engignissez, engignissiez	engignassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	engigne	—	engignons	engigniez	—

Derived terms

• engigneor

Descendants

• French: engeigner (obsolete)
• Norman: înginnyi

Noun

engignier oblique singular, m (oblique plural engigniers, nominative singular engigniers, nominative plural engignier)

1. Alternative form of engigneor