naoštriti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *naostriti; equivalent to na- +‎ oštriti. Compare Macedonian наостри (naostri), Russian наостри́ть (naostrítʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naǒʃtriti/
  • Hyphenation: na‧o‧štri‧ti

Verb

naòštriti pf (Cyrillic spelling нао̀штрити)

  1. (transitive) to sharpen, hone
  2. (reflexive) to prepare for a fight or quarrel; get angry

Conjugation

Further reading

  • naoštriti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024