Infinitive
Gerund
en meintenant
Participles
| Present | meintenant |
| Past | meintenu |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | meintieng; meintien |
| 2nd sing. | meintiens |
| 3rd sing. | meintient |
| 1st plur. | meintenons |
| 2nd plur. | meintenez |
| 3rd plur. | meintienent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | meintenoie; meinteneie |
| 2nd sing. | meintenoies; meinteneies |
| 3rd sing. | meintenoit; meinteneit |
| 1st plur. | meinteniiens; meinteniens |
| 2nd plur. | meinteniiez; meinteniez |
| 3rd plur. | meintenoient; meinteneient |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | meintin |
| 2nd sing. | meintenis |
| 3rd sing. | meintint |
| 1st plur. | meintenimes |
| 2nd plur. | meintenistes |
| 3rd plur. | meintindrent; meintinrent |
Future
| 1st sing. | meintendrai |
| 2nd sing. | meintendras |
| 3rd sing. | meintendra |
| 1st plur. | meintendrons |
| 2nd plur. | meintendroiz; meintendreiz; meintendrez |
| 3rd plur. | meintendront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | meintendroie; meintendreie |
| 2nd sing. | meintendroies; meintendreies |
| 3rd sing. | meintendroit; meintendreit |
| 1st plur. | meintendriiens; meintendriens |
| 2nd plur. | meintendriiez; meintendriez |
| 3rd plur. | meintendroient; meintendreient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | meintiegne |
| 2nd sing. | meintiegnes |
| 3rd sing. | meintiegne |
| 1st plur. | meintiegniens; meintiegnons |
| 2nd plur. | meintiegniez |
| 3rd plur. | meintiegnent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | meintenisse |
| 2nd sing. | meintenisses |
| 3rd sing. | meintenist |
| 1st plur. | meintenissons; meintenissiens |
| 2nd plur. | meintenissoiz; meintenissez; meintenissiez |
| 3rd plur. | meintenissent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | meintien |
| 1st plur. | meintenons |
| 2nd plur. | meintenez |
Verbs conjugated like meintenir
detenir,
devenir,
sovenir,
sustenir,
couvenir,
soustenir,
covenir,
obtenir,
apertenir,
meintenir,
apartenir,
entrevenir,
souvenir,
sostenir,
astenir,
avenir,
retenir,
contretenir,
abstenir,
resovenir, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
main + tenir, calque of Latin manūs teneō
Sample Sentences
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Tut sa terre li guardout
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E meinteneit e justisout (He looked after all his land
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And upheld justice) [c. 1250, Marie de France, Equitan:]
Cognates
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