Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jêsti/
  • Hyphenation: je‧sti

Verb edit

jȅsti impf (Cyrillic spelling је̏сти)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to eat, consume

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Pero Budmani, editor (1892-1897), “jȅsti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 622

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *ěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

jẹ́sti impf

  1. to eat

Inflection edit

Athematic
infinitive jẹ́sti
1st singular jẹ́m
infinitive jẹ́sti jẹ̑st, jȅst
supine jẹ̑st
verbal noun jẹ́denje
participle converb
present jedọ̄č
past
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular jẹ̑dəł jẹ́dla jẹ́dlo
dual jẹ́dla jẹ́dli jẹ́dli
plural jẹ́dli jẹ́dle jẹ́dla
present imperative
1st singular jẹ́m
2nd singular jẹ́š jȅj, jẹ̑j
3rd singular jẹ́
1st dual jẹ́va jẹ̑jva
2nd dual jẹ́sta jẹ̑jta
3rd dual jẹ́sta
1st plural jẹ́mo jẹ̑jmo
2nd plural jẹ́ste jẹ̑jte
3rd plural jedọ́, jéjo

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • jesti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • Maks Pleteršnik, editor (1894), “jẹ́sti”, in Slovensko-nemški slovar (in Slovene), volume 1, Ljubljana: Knezoškofijstvo, page 367