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bristi

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See also: brístí

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bred-[1] or *bird-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰredʰ- (“to wade”).[1] Cognates include Latvian brist (“to wade”),[1] Polish brnąć (“to wade”),[1] Russian брести́ (brestí, “to stroll pensively”),[1] and Albanian bredh (“to wander”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲrʲɪsʲtʲɪ]

Verb

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bri̇̀sti (third-person present tense breñda, third-person past tense bri̇̀do) [2]

  1. to wade
    per purvus bristi - to wade through the mud
    per žolę bristi - to wade through the grass

Conjugation

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Participles of bristi
adjectival
active passive
present brendąs
brendantis
brendamas
past bridęs bristas
past frequentative brisdavęs —
future brisiąs
brisiantis
brisimas
participle of necessity — bristinas
adverbial
special (pusdalyvis) brisdamas
half-participle
(padalyviai)
present brendant
past bridus
past frequentative brisdavus
future brisiant
manner of action (būdinys) briste
bristinai

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 61, 66
  2. ^ “bristi” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲisʲ.t̠ʲi/

Verb

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bristi

  1. passive plural preterite of brisid
  2. verbal of necessity of brisid

Participle

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bristi

  1. inflection of briste:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. accusative/dative singular feminine
    3. genitive singular neuter
    4. nominative/vocative/accusative plural all genders