croissir

Old French

Alternative forms

• croisir, cruisir, cruissir, croussir, crusir

Etymology

From Late Latin *crusciō (“to crush”), from Frankish *krustijan (“to crush, squeeze, squash”), from Proto-Germanic *kreustaną.

Verb

croissir

1. (transitive, intransitive) to crush; to break; to crack; to snap
2. to crack; to pop (making a cracking or popping noise)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		croissir			avoir croissi
gerund		en croississant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		croississant
past participle		croissi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	croissis	croissis	croissist	croississons	croississez	croississent
	imperfect	croississoie, croississeie	croississoies, croississeies	croississoit, croississeit	croississiiens, croississiens	croississiiez, croississiez	croississoient, croississeient
	preterite	croissi	croissis	croissi	croissimes	croissistes	croissirent
	future	croissirai	croissiras	croissira	croissirons	croissiroiz, croissireiz, croissirez	croissiront
	conditional	croissiroie, croissireie	croissiroies, croissireies	croissiroit, croissireit	croissiriiens, croissiriens	croissiriiez, croissiriez	croissiroient, croissireient
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	croississe	croississes	croississe	croississons	croississez	croississent
	imperfect	croississe	croississes	croissist	croississons, croississiens	croississoiz, croississez, croississiez	croississent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	croissis	—	croississons	croississez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: croissir
• → Middle English: cruschen
  • English: crush

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (croissir)