rista

See also: rísta, ristà, and rista'

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrista

Verb

rista (third person singular past indicative risti, third person plural past indicative ristu, supine rist)

  1. to shake

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rísta

Verb

rista (third person singular past indicative risti, third person plural past indicative ristu, supine rist)

  1. to scratch, to cut

Etymology 3

From the original meaning "roast, "grill, "grate," from Old Norse rist, from Middle Low German rōsten, from Old Saxon *rōstian, from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan, similar to Danish rist.

Verb

rista (third person singular past indicative ristaði, third person plural past indicative ristaðu, supine ristað)

  1. to toast (bread)
Conjugation
Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine ristað
present past
first singular risti ristaði
second singular ristar ristaði
third singular ristar ristaði
plural rista ristaðu
participle (a6)1 ristandi ristaður
imperative
singular rista!
plural ristið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪsta/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rísta.

Verb

rista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative risti, supine rist)

  1. to cut, to carve [with accusative]
    Synonym: skera
  2. (intransitive, of a ship) to draw
Conjugation
rista – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur rista
supine sagnbót rist
present participle
ristandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég risti risti risti risti
þú ristir ristir ristir ristir
hann, hún, það ristir risti risti risti
plural við ristum ristum ristum ristum
þið ristið ristuð ristið ristuð
þeir, þær, þau rista ristu risti ristu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú rist (þú), ristu
plural þið ristið (þið), ristiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
ristur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
ristur rist rist ristir ristar rist
accusative
(þolfall)
ristan rista rist rista ristar rist
dative
(þágufall)
ristum ristri ristu ristum ristum ristum
genitive
(eignarfall)
rists ristrar rists ristra ristra ristra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
risti rista rista ristu ristu ristu
accusative
(þolfall)
rista ristu rista ristu ristu ristu
dative
(þágufall)
rista ristu rista ristu ristu ristu
genitive
(eignarfall)
rista ristu rista ristu ristu ristu

Noun

rista f (genitive singular ristu, nominative plural ristur)

  1. cut, slit
Declension
Declension of rista (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rista ristan ristur risturnar
accusative ristu ristuna ristur risturnar
dative ristu ristunni ristum ristunum
genitive ristu ristunnar rista ristanna

Etymology 2

Verb

rista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ristaði, supine ristað)

  1. to toast [with accusative]
    ristað brauðtoasted bread
Conjugation
rista – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur rista
supine sagnbót ristað
present participle
ristandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég rista ristaði risti ristaði
þú ristar ristaðir ristir ristaðir
hann, hún, það ristar ristaði risti ristaði
plural við ristum ristuðum ristum ristuðum
þið ristið ristuðuð ristið ristuðuð
þeir, þær, þau rista ristuðu risti ristuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú rista (þú), ristaðu
plural þið ristið (þið), ristiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
ristast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að ristast
supine sagnbót ristast
present participle
ristandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég ristast ristaðist ristist ristaðist
þú ristast ristaðist ristist ristaðist
hann, hún, það ristast ristaðist ristist ristaðist
plural við ristumst ristuðumst ristumst ristuðumst
þið ristist ristuðust ristist ristuðust
þeir, þær, þau ristast ristuðust ristist ristuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú ristast (þú), ristastu
plural þið ristist (þið), rististi1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
ristaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
ristaður ristuð ristað ristaðir ristaðar ristuð
accusative
(þolfall)
ristaðan ristaða ristað ristaða ristaðar ristuð
dative
(þágufall)
ristuðum ristaðri ristuðu ristuðum ristuðum ristuðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
ristaðs ristaðrar ristaðs ristaðra ristaðra ristaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
ristaði ristaða ristaða ristuðu ristuðu ristuðu
accusative
(þolfall)
ristaða ristuðu ristaða ristuðu ristuðu ristuðu
dative
(þágufall)
ristaða ristuðu ristaða ristuðu ristuðu ristuðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
ristaða ristuðu ristaða ristuðu ristuðu ristuðu

Italian

Verb

rista

  1. second-person singular imperative of ristare

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

rista

  1. inflection of riste:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

rista (present tense ristar or rister, past tense rista or riste, past participle rista or rist, present participle ristande, imperative rist)

  1. alternative form of riste

Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish rista. Cognate of Icelandic rista. Doublet of rita.

Verb

rista (present ristar, preterite ristade, supine ristat, imperative rista)

  1. carve, cut, scratch with a sharp tool.
    rista (in) runor i sten
    carve runes in(to) stone
Conjugation
Conjugation of rista (weak)
active passive
infinitive rista ristas
supine ristat ristats
imperative rista
imper. plural1 risten
present past present past
indicative ristar ristade ristas ristades
ind. plural1 rista ristade ristas ristades
subjunctive2 riste ristade ristes ristades
present participle ristande
past participle ristad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse hrista, from Proto-Germanic *hristijaną. Cognate of Icelandic hrista.

Verb

rista (present rister, preterite riste, supine rist, imperative rist)

  1. to shake
    Synonym: skaka
Usage notes

Somewhat literary or poetic.

Conjugation
Conjugation of rista (weak)
active passive
infinitive rista
supine rist
imperative rist
imper. plural1 risten
present past present past
indicative rister riste
ind. plural1 rista riste
subjunctive2 riste riste
present participle ristande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References