gristi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gryzti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

grȉsti impf (Cyrillic spelling гри̏сти)

  1. (ambitransitive) to bite, gnaw, nibble
  2. (ambitransitive) 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. (ambitransitive, colloquial) to snack

Conjugation

Conjugation of gristi
infinitive gristi
present verbal adverb grízūći
past verbal adverb grȉzāvši
verbal noun grízēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
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 ćē1
grišće
future II bȕdēm grizao2 bȕdēš grizao2 bȕdē grizao2 bȕdēmo grizli2 bȕdēte grizli2 bȕdū grizli2
past perfect grizao sam2 grizao si2 grizao je2 grizli smo2 grizli ste2 grizli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam grizao2 bȉo si grizao2 bȉo je grizao2 bíli smo grizli2 bíli ste grizli2 bíli su grizli2
aorist grizoh grize grize grizosmo grizoste grizoše
imperfect grizijah grizijaše grizijaše grizijasmo grizijaste grizijahu
conditional conditional I grizao bih2 grizao bi2 grizao bi2 grizli bismo2 grizli biste2 grizli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih grizao2 bȉo bi grizao2 bȉo bi grizao2 bíli bismo grizli2 bíli biste grizli2 bíli 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.
4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gryzti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrìːsti/

Verb

grísti impf

  1. to bite

Conjugation

Obstruent + -ti -em (AP b)
infinitive grísti
1st singular grízem
infinitive grísti grȉst, grȋst
supine grȋst
verbal noun grízenje
participle converb
present grizọ̄č
past grȋzen
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular grȋzəł grízla grízlo
dual grízla grízli grízli
plural grízli grízle grízla
present imperative
1st singular grízem
2nd singular grízeš grízi
3rd singular gríze
1st dual grízeva gríziva
2nd dual grízeta grízita
3rd dual grízeta
1st plural grízemo grízimo
2nd plural grízete grízite
3rd plural grízejo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • gristi”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025