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

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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