blesti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited 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
    Synonym: blebètati
  2. (intransitive, archaic) to blaspheme
    Synonym: húliti
  3. (intransitive, archaic) to bleat, to baa
    Synonym: bléjati

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Verb

blésti impf

  1. (intransitive) to talk confusedly because of a sickness
    Bolnik blede, da pada v luknjo. ― A patient is talking confusedly that he is falling into a hole.
  2. (intransitive, derogatory) to talk
  3. (intransitive, reflexive) to hallucinate
  4. (intransitive, reflexive, derogatory) to be stupid (see usage notes)
    A se ti blede? ― Are you stupid?
Usage notes

In the third sense, the meaning "to be stupid" only means temporarily, e.g. when someone says something stupid. To denote that one is always stupid, biti neumen is used.

Conjugation
Class I, accentual type IIA (accent is directly before infinitive ending and not directly before present indicative endings), imperfective
Infinitive blésti (-ø-ti)
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts) blésti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial) blȅst, blēst
Supine –
l-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular blēdəł, blẹ̄dəł, blȅł blēdla, blȇla blēdlo, blélo
dual blēdla, bléla blēdli, bléli blēdli, bléli
plural blēdli, bléli blēdle, bléle blēdla, bléla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
masculine feminine neuter
singular bledȅn bledéna bledéno
dual bledéna bledéni bledéni
plural bledéni bledéne bledéna
š-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular – – –
dual – – –
plural – – –
adverbial š-participle –
True gerund bledénje
Objectified gerund –
Present stem blédem (e-m)
Present indicative
singular dual plural
1st person blédem blédeva, blédema blédemo
2nd person blédeš blédeta, blédesta blédete, blédeste
3rd person bléde blédeta, blédesta blédejo
Imperative
singular dual plural
1st person blédi bledȋva, bledȋma bledȋmo
2nd person blédi bledȋta bledȋte
3rd person blédi bledȋta –
č-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular bledọ̄č bledọ́ča bledọ́če
dual bledọ́ča bledọ́či bledọ́či
plural bledọ́či bledọ́če bledọ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle bledọ̄č
e-participle –

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

blesti

  1. third-person singular present of blestẹ́ti
  2. second-person singular imperative of blestẹ́ti
  3. (rare, literary) first-person singular imperative of blestẹ́ti
  4. (rare, literary) third-person singular imperative of blestẹ́ti

Further reading

  • “blesti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “blesti”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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