esgratigner

Middle French

Etymology

Old French esgratigner.

Verb

esgratigner

1. (transitive) to scratch
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 32:

     une damoiselle qui esgratignoit son viz

     a young lady who was scratching her face

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of esgratigner

infinitive	simple	esgratigner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	esgratignant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		esgratigné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	esgratigne	esgratignes	esgratigne	esgratignons	esgratignez	esgratignent
	imperfect	esgratignois, esgratignoys	esgratignois, esgratignoys	esgratignoit, esgratignoyt	esgratignions, esgratignyons	esgratigniez, esgratignyez	esgratignoient, esgratignoyent
	past historic	esgratigna	esgratignas	esgratigna	esgratignasmes	esgratignastes	esgratignerent
	future	esgratignerai, esgratigneray	esgratigneras	esgratignera	esgratignerons	esgratignerez	esgratigneront
	conditional	esgratignerois, esgratigneroys	esgratignerois, esgratigneroys	esgratigneroit, esgratigneroyt	esgratignerions, esgratigneryons	esgratigneriez, esgratigneryez	esgratigneroient, esgratigneroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	esgratigne	esgratignes	esgratigne	esgratignons	esgratignez	esgratignent
	imperfect	esgratignasse	esgratignasses	esgratignast	esgratignassions	esgratignassiez	esgratignassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	esgratigne	—	esgratignons	esgratignez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: égratigner