See also: brístí

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bred-[1] or *bird-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰredʰ-.[1] Cognates include Latvian brist (to wade),[1] Polish brnąć (to wade),[1] Russian брести́ (brestí, to stroll pensively),[1] and Albanian bredh (to wander).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲrʲɪsʲtʲɪ]

Verb edit

brìsti (third-person present tense breñda, third-person past tense brìdo) [2]

  1. to wade
    per purvus bristi - to wade through the mud
    per žolę bristi - to wade through the grass

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 61, 66
  2. ^ “bristi” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bristi

  1. passive plural preterite of brisid
  2. verbal of necessity of brisid

Participle edit

bristi

  1. inflection of briste:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. accusative/dative singular feminine
    3. genitive singular neuter
    4. nominative/vocative/accusative plural all genders