triest
See also: Triest
English edit
Verb edit
triest
- (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of try
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 29:17:
- I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness.
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Etymology edit
Ultimately borrowed from Latin tristis; compare French triste.
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Adjective edit
triest (comparative triester, superlative meest triest or triestst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of triest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | triest | |||
| inflected | trieste | |||
| comparative | triester | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | triest | triester | het triestst het triestste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | trieste | triestere | triestste |
| n. sing. | triest | triester | triestste | |
| plural | trieste | triestere | triestste | |
| definite | trieste | triestere | triestste | |
| partitive | triests | triesters | — | |