pleintif

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the verb pleindre (“to complain, to bewail”).

Adjective

pleintif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pleintive)

  1. miserable, unhappy
  2. complaining; plaintive

Declension
Declension of pleintif
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject pleintis pleintive pleintif
Oblique pleintif pleintive pleintif
Plural Subject pleintif pleintives pleintif
Oblique pleintis pleintives pleintif

Noun

pleintif oblique singular, m (oblique plural pleintis, nominative singular pleintis, nominative plural pleintif)

  1. a plaintiff

Descendants
  • Anglo-Norman: plaintif
  • → Middle English: pleintif, plentyff
  • French: plaintif

References
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