gristi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gryzti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrîsti/
  • Hyphenation: gri‧sti

Verb

grȉsti impf (Cyrillic spelling гри̏сти)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to bite, gnaw, nibble
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to corrode, erode, fret eat away at (gradually wear away by rubbing or chemically)
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to annoy, bother, vex, rankle
  4. (transitive, colloquial, by extension) to snap at, snarl at, rail at (another person due to annoyance)
  5. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to snack

Conjugation
Conjugation of gristi
Infinitive: gristi Present verbal adverb: grízūći Past verbal adverb: grȉzāvši Verbal noun: grízēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present grizem grizeš grize grizemo grizete grizu
Future Future I grist ću1
grišću		 grist ćeš1
grišćeš		 grist će1
grišće		 grist ćemo1
grišćemo		 grist ćete1
grišćete		 grist će1
grišće
Future II budem grizao2 budeš grizao2 bude grizao2 budemo grizli2 budete grizli2 budu grizli2
Past Perfect grizao sam2 grizao si2 grizao je2 grizli smo2 grizli ste2 grizli su2
Pluperfect3 bio sam grizao2 bio si grizao2 bio je grizao2 bili smo grizli2 bili ste grizli2 bili su grizli2
Aorist grizoh grize grize grizosmo grizoste grizoše
Imperfect grizijah grizijaše grizijaše grizijasmo grizijaste grizijahu
Conditional I grizao bih2 grizao bi2 grizao bi2 grizli bismo2 grizli biste2 grizli bi2
Conditional II bio bih grizao2 bio bi grizao2 bio bi grizao2 bili bismo grizli2 bili biste grizli2 bili bi grizli2
Imperative — grizi — grizimo grizite —
Active past participle grizao m / grizla f / grizlo n grizli m / grizle f / grizla n
Passive past participle grizen m / grizena f / grizeno n grizeni m / grizene f / grizena n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Slovene

Verb

gristi

  1. bite (to bite a baited hook or other lure)


This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at bite. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see gristi in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) October 2008

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.