esti

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See also: Esti, ești, -esti, -ești, ēsti, and ėsti

Asturian

Adjective

esti m sg (feminine singular esta, neuter singular esto, masculine plural estos, feminine plural estes)

  1. this

See also

Esperanto

Etymology

From French est, German ist, Latin est, Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with Italian èssere, Yiddish איז (iz), English is, Russian есть (jestʹ), Polish jestem.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -esti
  • Hyphenation: es‧ti

Verb

esti (present estas, past estis, future estos, conditional estus, volitive estu)

  1. (intransitive, copulative) to be
    Mi estas edzo kaj patro.
    I am a husband and father.
    Ĉu esti aŭ ne esti; tiel staras nun la demando.
    To be or not to be; that is the question.

Conjugation

Conjugation of esti
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense estas estis estos
active participle estanta estantaj estinta estintaj estonta estontaj
acc. estantan estantajn estintan estintajn estontan estontajn
nominal active participle estanto estantoj estinto estintoj estonto estontoj
acc. estanton estantojn estinton estintojn estonton estontojn
adverbial active participle estante estinte estonte
infinitive esti imperative estu conditional estus

Derived terms

Extremaduran

Pronoun

esti (plural estis, feminine esta, feminine plural estas)

  1. (demonstrative) this

See also

Fala

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese este, from Latin iste (“that”).

Determiner

esti m sg (feminine esta, masculine plural estis, feminine plural estas)

  1. this
    Synonym: (dated) aquesti
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
      En esti territorio se han assentau, en os anus que se indican, os habitantis siguientis:
      In this territory there were living, in the indicated years, the following (amount of) inhabitants:

Pronoun

esti m sg (feminine esta, masculine plural estis, feminine plural estas)

  1. this one
    Synonym: (dated) aquesti

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish este, from French est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-Germanic *austrą (“east”), from Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“eastern”)

Noun

esti m (uncountable)

  1. east

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Verb

esti

  1. third-person singular past indicative of estää

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

esti f (plural estis)

  1. Alternative form of ostie

Further reading

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl eztli, Tetelcingo Nahuatl yestli̱.

Noun

esti

  1. Blood.

References

  • Key, Harold, Ritchie de Key, Mary (1953) Vocabulario mejicano de la Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 153

Hungarian

Etymology

est (“evening”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

esti (not comparable)

  1. of evening, early night
    Coordinate terms: hajnali, reggeli, délelőtti, déli, délutáni, éjszakai, éjféli
    esti iskola ― evening school, night school

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative esti estiek
accusative estit estieket
dative estinek estieknek
instrumental estivel estiekkel
causal-final estiért estiekért
translative estivé estiekké
terminative estiig estiekig
essive-formal estiként estiekként
essive-modal — —
inessive estiben estiekben
superessive estin estieken
adessive estinél estieknél
illative estibe estiekbe
sublative estire estiekre
allative estihez estiekhez
elative estiből estiekből
delative estiről estiekről
ablative estitől estiektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		estié estieké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		estiéi estiekéi

Further reading

  • esti in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • esti in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Leonese

Etymology

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Adjective

esti (feminine singular esta, neuter singular estu, masculine plural estos, feminine plural estas)

  1. this

See also

References

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *estli.

Pronunciation

Noun

esti (possessed i-es, intrinsically possessed iyesyo)

  1. blood

Related terms

References

  • Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 43

Pipil

Noun

esti

  1. Alternative spelling of ezti

Further reading

  • Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
  • Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Sardinian est.

Verb

esti

  1. Alternative form of è, third-person singular indicative present of èssiri
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