sleek – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of sleek

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sleek
Participle: sleeked
Gerund: sleeking

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Isleek
thousleek(e)st
he;she;itsleeketh; sleeks
wesleek
yesleek
theysleek

Preterit (Past)

Isleeked
thousleeked(e)st
he;she;itsleeked
wesleeked
yesleeked
theysleeked

Subjunctive

Present

Isleek
thousleek
he;she;itsleek
wesleek
yesleek
theysleek

Preterit (Past)

Isleeked
thousleeked(e)st
he;she;itsleeked
wesleeked
yesleeked
theysleeked

Imperative

thousleek
yesleek

Notes:

  • Compound forms (perfect, pluperfect) are formed either with 'have' or 'be'.
  • Future is formed as in modern English, with auxiliary 'will'.
  • Conditional is formed as in modern English, with auxiliary 'would'.
  • Continuous forms are formed with auxiliary 'be' and gerund. Sometimes the gerund is preceded by 'a-'
  • Plural forms in present lost the '-en' ending, and was used only as a stylistic affectation to indicate rural or old-fashioned speech.