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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.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
triest (comparative triester, superlative meest triest or triestst)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of triest | ||||
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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 | — |