Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *terti, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn). Cognate with Latin terō (to rub), Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō, to rub), Lithuanian trinti (to rub), Latvian trīt (to rub), Armenian թրել (tʻrel, to knead).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tr̂ti/
  • Hyphenation: tr‧ti

Verb edit

tȑti impf (Cyrillic spelling тр̏ти)

  1. (transitive) to rub
  2. (transitive) to cause friction
  3. (transitive) to scour, scrub
  4. (transitive) to break, crush (especially flax)

Conjugation edit

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