ataster

Old French

Etymology

By surface analysis, a- +‎ taster.

Verb

ataster

1. To touch, test.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		ataster			avoir atasté
gerund		en atastant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		atastant
past participle		atasté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	atast	atastes	ataste	atastons	atastez	atastent
	imperfect	atastoie, atasteie, atastoe, atasteve	atastoies, atasteies, atastoes, atasteves	atastoit, atasteit, atastot, atasteve	atastiiens, atastiens	atastiiez, atastiez	atastoient, atasteient, atastoent, atastevent
	preterite	atastai	atastas	atasta	atastames	atastastes	atasterent
	future	atasterai	atasteras	atastera	atasterons	atasteroiz, atastereiz, atasterez	atasteront
	conditional	atasteroie, atastereie	atasteroies, atastereies	atasteroit, atastereit	atasteriiens, atasteriens	atasteriiez, atasteriez	atasteroient, atastereient
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	atast	ataz	atast	atastons	atastez	atastent
	imperfect	atastasse	atastasses	atastast	atastissons, atastissiens	atastissoiz, atastissez, atastissiez	atastassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	ataste	—	atastons	atastez	—

Descendants

• Middle English: atasten
• English: attaste