blesti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blęsti (“talk nonsense, err”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blenstei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blesti/
• Hyphenation: ble‧sti

Verb

blesti impf (Cyrillic spelling блести)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to blather, to talk foolishly [From XVI century.]
2. (intransitive, archaic) to blaspheme [From XVI century.]
3. (intransitive, archaic) to bleat, to baa [From XVI century.]

Synonyms

• (blather): blebètati
• (blaspheme): húliti
• (bleat): bléjati

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blęsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blenstei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛ̀ːsti/

Verb

blésti impf

1. to talk confusedly, incomprehensibly

Inflection

Obstruent + -ti -em (AP b)
infinitive	blésti
1st singular	blédem
infinitive	blésti			blest
supine	—
verbal noun	bledénje
	participle			converb
present	bledọ̄č			—
past	bledȅn			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	blēdəł, blẹ̄dəł		blēdla		blēdlo
dual	blēdla		blēdli		blēdli
plural	blēdli		blēdle		blēdla
	present			imperative
1st singular	blédem			—
2nd singular	blédeš			blédi
3rd singular	bléde			—
1st dual	blédeva			bledȋva
2nd dual	blédeta			bledȋta
3rd dual	blédeta			—
1st plural	blédemo			bledȋmo
2nd plural	blédete			bledȋte
3rd plural	blédejo			—