misti

See also: miști and Misti

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmis.ti/
Rhymes: -isti
Hyphenation: mì‧sti

Noun

misti m pl

plural of misto

Adjective

misti m pl

masculine plural of misto

Anagrams

istmi, stimi

Latin

Verb

mīstī

(poetic, syncopated) second-person singular perfect active indicative of mittō, contracted form of mīsistī
- c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 14.14

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *meit- (“to feed on”), and cognate with Latvian mist (“id”). The Baltic root seems to further derive from a Proto-Indo-European *meyt(h)-, though cognates are debated. Pokorny equated the root to *meyth₂- (“to exchange”), taking the primary meaning as "abode, dwelling-place"; Derksen is skeptical due to another descendant of said root, Proto-Slavic *mě̀sto (“place, town”), featuring an acute accent rather than the circumflex accent found in the Baltic forms. Fraenkel is skeptical as well, and prefers connecting Old Irish méith (“fat”) and Icelandic meið (“fattiest whale blubber”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiːsʲtʲɪ/

Verb

mi̇̀sti (third-person present tense miñta, third-person past tense mi̇̀to)

to feed on, nourish oneself

Declension

Conjugation of *misti*
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
		singular vienaskaita			plural daugiskaita
		aš	tu	jis/ji	mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative tiesioginė nuosaka	present esamasis laikas	mintù	minti̇̀	miñta	miñtame, miñtam	miñtate, miñtat	miñta
	past būtasis kartinis laikas	mitaũ	mitai̇̃	mi̇̀to	mi̇̀tome, mi̇̀tom	mi̇̀tote, mi̇̀tot	mi̇̀to
	past frequentative būtasis dažninis laikas	mi̇̀sdavau	mi̇̀sdavai	mi̇̀sdavo	mi̇̀sdavome, mi̇̀sdavom	mi̇̀sdavote, mi̇̀sdavot	mi̇̀sdavo
	future būsimasis laikas	mi̇̀siu	mi̇̀si	mi̇̀s	mi̇̀sime, mi̇̀sim	mi̇̀site, mi̇̀sit	mi̇̀s
subjunctive tariamoji nuosaka		mi̇̀sčiau	mi̇̀stum, mi̇̀stumei	mi̇̀stų	mi̇̀stumėme, mi̇̀stumėm, mi̇̀stume	mi̇̀stumėte, mi̇̀stumėt	mi̇̀stų
imperative liepiamoji nuosaka		—	mi̇̀sk, mi̇̀ski	temiñta, temiñtie	mi̇̀skime, mi̇̀skim	mi̇̀skite, mi̇̀skit	temiñta, temiñtie

Participles of misti

adjectival (dalyviai)
	active	passive
present	miñtąs, miñtantis	miñtamas
past	mi̇̀tęs	mi̇̀stas
past frequentative	mi̇̀sdavęs	—
future	mi̇̀siąs, mi̇̀siantis	mi̇̀simas
participle of necessity	—	mi̇̀stinas

adverbial
special pusdalyvis		mi̇̀sdamas
half-participle padalyviai	present	miñtant
	past	mi̇̀tus
	past frequentative	mi̇̀sdavus
	future	mi̇̀siant
manner of action būdinys		mi̇̀ste, mi̇̀stinai

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “misti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 321-2

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

misti

alternative form of mysty (“misty”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

misti

alternative form of mysty (“figurative”)

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “misti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 321-2

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