flechir

See also: fléchir

Middle French

Etymology

Old French fleschir < Latin flectō.

Verb

flechir

to flex; to bend

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of flechir

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	flechir
present participle¹ or gerund²	simple	fleschissant
present participle¹ or gerund²	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		fleschi
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fleschis	fleschis	fleschit	fleschissons	fleschissez	fleschissent
	imperfect	fleschissois, fleschissoys	fleschissois, fleschissoys	fleschissoit, fleschissoyt	fleschissions	fleschissiez	fleschissoient, fleschissoyent
	past historic	fleschis	fleschis	fleschit	fleschismes	fleschistes	fleschirent
	future	fleschirai, fleschiray	fleschiras	fleschira	fleschirons	fleschirez	fleschiront
	conditional	fleschirois, fleschiroys	fleschirois, fleschiroys	fleschiroit, fleschiroyt	fleschirions	fleschiriez	fleschiroient, fleschiroyent
(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	fleschisse	fleschisses	fleschisse	fleschissions	fleschissiez	fleschissent
(simple tenses)	imperfect	fleschisse	fleschisses	fleschist	fleschissions	fleschissiez	fleschissent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	fleschis	—	fleschissons	fleschissez	—
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: fléchir

References

flechir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (fleschir, supplement)

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