gainsay: verb conjugation and noun forms

Singular and plural for gainsay[ɡeɪnˈseɪ]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
gainsay
gainsays
Possessive case
gainsay's
gainsays'
Plural
gainsays
gainsays'

Conjugation of the verb gainsay[ɡeɪnˈseɪ], irregular     

gainsay not gainsaygainsay?
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I gainsay
you gainsay
he/she/it gainsays
we gainsay
you gainsay
they gainsay

Present Continuous

I am gainsaying
you are gainsaying
he/she/it is gainsaying
we are gainsaying
you are gainsaying
they are gainsaying

Present Perfect

I have gainsaid
you have gainsaid
he/she/it has gainsaid
we have gainsaid
you have gainsaid
they have gainsaid

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been gainsaying
you have been gainsaying
he/she/it has been gainsaying
we have been gainsaying
you have been gainsaying
they have been gainsaying

Past Indefinite

I gainsaid
you gainsaid
he/she/it gainsaid
we gainsaid
you gainsaid
they gainsaid

Past Continuous

I was gainsaying
you were gainsaying
he/she/it was gainsaying
we were gainsaying
you were gainsaying
they were gainsaying

Past Perfect

I had gainsaid
you had gainsaid
he/she/it had gainsaid
we had gainsaid
you had gainsaid
they had gainsaid

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been gainsaying
you had been gainsaying
he/she/it had been gainsaying
we had been gainsaying
you had been gainsaying
they had been gainsaying

Future Indefinite

I will gainsay
you will gainsay
he/she/it will gainsay
we will gainsay
you will gainsay
they will gainsay

Future Continuous

I will be gainsaying
you will be gainsaying
he/she/it will be gainsaying
we will be gainsaying
you will be gainsaying
they will be gainsaying

Future Perfect

I will have gainsaid
you will have gainsaid
he/she/it will have gainsaid
we will have gainsaid
you will have gainsaid
they will have gainsaid

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been gainsaying
you will have been gainsaying
he/she/it will have been gainsaying
we will have been gainsaying
you will have been gainsaying
they will have been gainsaying

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't gainsay
you don't gainsay
he/she/it doesn't gainsay
we don't gainsay
you don't gainsay
they don't gainsay

Present Continuous

I am not gainsaying
you aren't gainsaying
he/she/it isn't gainsaying
we aren't gainsaying
you aren't gainsaying
they aren't gainsaying

Present Perfect

I haven't gainsaid
you haven't gainsaid
he/she/it hasn't gainsaid
we haven't gainsaid
you haven't gainsaid
they haven't gainsaid

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been gainsaying
you haven't been gainsaying
he/she/it hasn't been gainsaying
we haven't been gainsaying
you haven't been gainsaying
they haven't been gainsaying

Past Indefinite

I didn't gainsay
you didn't gainsay
he/she/it didn't gainsay
we didn't gainsay
you didn't gainsay
they didn't gainsay

Past Continuous

I wasn't gainsaying
you weren't gainsaying
he/she/it wasn't gainsaying
we weren't gainsaying
you weren't gainsaying
they weren't gainsaying

Past Perfect

I hadn't gainsaid
you hadn't gainsaid
he/she/it hadn't gainsaid
we hadn't gainsaid
you hadn't gainsaid
they hadn't gainsaid

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been gainsaying
you hadn't been gainsaying
he/she/it hadn't been gainsaying
we hadn't been gainsaying
you hadn't been gainsaying
they hadn't been gainsaying

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't gainsay
you won't gainsay
he/she/it won't gainsay
we shan't / won't gainsay
you won't gainsay
they won't gainsay

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be gainsaying
you won't be gainsaying
he/she/it won't be gainsaying
we shan't / won't be gainsaying
you won't be gainsaying
they won't be gainsaying

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have gainsaid
you won't have gainsaid
he/she/it won't have gainsaid
we shan't / won't have gainsaid
you won't have gainsaid
they won't have gainsaid

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been gainsaying
you won't have been gainsaying
he/she/it won't have been gainsaying
we shan't / won't have been gainsaying
you won't have been gainsaying
they won't have been gainsaying

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I gainsay?
do you gainsay?
does he/she/it gainsay?
do we gainsay?
do you gainsay?
do they gainsay?

Present Continuous

am I gainsaying?
are you gainsaying?
is he/she/it gainsaying?
are we gainsaying?
are you gainsaying?
are they gainsaying?

Present Perfect

have I gainsaid?
have you gainsaid?
has he/she/it gainsaid?
have we gainsaid?
have you gainsaid?
have they gainsaid?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been gainsaying?
have you been gainsaying?
has he/she/it been gainsaying?
have we been gainsaying?
have you been gainsaying?
have they been gainsaying?

Past Indefinite

did I gainsay?
did you gainsay?
did he/she/it gainsay?
did we gainsay?
did you gainsay?
did they gainsay?

Past Continuous

was I gainsaying?
were you gainsaying?
was he/she/it gainsaying?
were we gainsaying?
were you gainsaying?
were they gainsaying?

Past Perfect

had I gainsaid?
had you gainsaid?
had he/she/it gainsaid?
had we gainsaid?
had you gainsaid?
had they gainsaid?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been gainsaying?
had you been gainsaying?
had he/she/it been gainsaying?
had we been gainsaying?
had you been gainsaying?
had they been gainsaying?

Future Indefinite

will I gainsay?
will you gainsay?
will he/she/it gainsay?
will we gainsay?
will you gainsay?
will they gainsay?

Future Continuous

will I be gainsaying?
will you be gainsaying?
will he/she/it be gainsaying?
will we be gainsaying?
will you be gainsaying?
will they be gainsaying?

Future Perfect

will I have gainsaid?
will you have gainsaid?
will he/she/it have gainsaid?
will we have gainsaid?
will you have gainsaid?
will they have gainsaid?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been gainsaying?
will you have been gainsaying?
will he/she/it have been gainsaying?
will we have been gainsaying?
will you have been gainsaying?
will they have been gainsaying?

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would gainsay
you would gainsay
he/she/it would gainsay
we would gainsay
you would gainsay
they would gainsay

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be gainsaying
you would be gainsaying
he/she/it would be gainsaying
we would be gainsaying
you would be gainsaying
they would be gainsaying

Conditional Perfect

I would have gainsaid
you would have gainsaid
he/she/it would have gainsaid
we would have gainsaid
you would have gainsaid
they would have gainsaid

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been gainsaying
you would have been gainsaying
he/she/it would have been gainsaying
we would have been gainsaying
you would have been gainsaying
they would have been gainsaying

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't gainsay
you wouldn't gainsay
he/she/it wouldn't gainsay
we wouldn't gainsay
you wouldn't gainsay
they wouldn't gainsay

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be gainsaying
you wouldn't be gainsaying
he/she/it wouldn't be gainsaying
we wouldn't be gainsaying
you wouldn't be gainsaying
they wouldn't be gainsaying

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have gainsaid
you wouldn't have gainsaid
he/she/it wouldn't have gainsaid
we wouldn't have gainsaid
you wouldn't have gainsaid
they wouldn't have gainsaid

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been gainsaying
you wouldn't have been gainsaying
he/she/it wouldn't have been gainsaying
we wouldn't have been gainsaying
you wouldn't have been gainsaying
they wouldn't have been gainsaying

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I gainsay?
would you gainsay?
would he/she/it gainsay?
would we gainsay?
would you gainsay?
would they gainsay?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be gainsaying?
would you be gainsaying?
would he/she/it be gainsaying?
would we be gainsaying?
would you be gainsaying?
would they be gainsaying?

Conditional Perfect

would I have gainsaid?
would you have gainsaid?
would he/she/it have gainsaid?
would we have gainsaid?
would you have gainsaid?
would they have gainsaid?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been gainsaying?
would you have been gainsaying?
would he/she/it have been gainsaying?
would we have been gainsaying?
would you have been gainsaying?
would they have been gainsaying?

Participles

Present

gainsaying

Past

gainsaid

Infinitives

Infinitives

to gainsay
to have gainsaid
to be gainsaying
to have been gainsaying
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